Government committed to continuing climate agreement with Norway

Georgetown, Guyana – (January 28, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, today, met with a delegation from the Kingdom of Norway to discuss the way forward with regard to the Guyana-Norway agreement for avoided deforestation. The Norwegian delegation was led by…

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Aide Memoire – Second Guyana – European Union Negotiation Session on A Forest, Law Enforcement, Governance And Trade [FLEGTt], Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)

18 July, 2013, Brussels, Belgium Introduction 1. The second Guyana – European Union negotiation session on the FLEGT VPA was held on 18 July 2013 in Brussels, Belgium. 2. The session was chaired by Ms Cristiana Pasca-Palmer,Head of Unit (Climate change, Environment, Natural resources, Water), Directorate General Development and Cooperation…

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Aide Memoire – First Guyana – European Commission Negotiation Session on a Forest, Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade [FLEGT], Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)

5 December, 2012, Georgetown, Guyana Introduction 1. The first Guyana – European Commission Negotiation session on a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) was held on 5 December 2012 in Georgetown, Guyana. The meeting was officially opened by Commissioner James Singh from the Guyana Forestry Commission. 2. The…

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