- Guyana Forestry Commission

Guyana is situated on the northeastern coast of South America, in between Venezuela which lies to its west and Suriname (Dutch Guiana) on its east. Guyana has an area of 214,970 km2 of which nearly seventy-five percent is covered with natural vegetation. Of this area, approximately four fifths is classified as State Forests under the jurisdiction of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC).

The REDD+ (MRV)

In 2009 Guyana developed a framework for a national MRVS. This framework was created as a “Roadmap1 ” outlining progressive steps over a 3-year period to build towards a full MRVS being implemented. The MRVS was established to provide a national system to monitor, report and verify forest carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in Guyana.

The Guyana-EU FLEGT VPA

Guyana and the EU negotiated the terms of the VPA through a collaborative process with both Parties that shared the goal of fostering good forest governance and addressing illegality. The VPA negotiations began in December 2012 and concluded, with the VPA initialled, in 2018.

The PEFC

The Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification systems (PEFC) is a globally recognised forest management and chain of custody certification system.
The PEFC endorses the forest management and chain of custody standards developed by individual countries.
Currently, the PEFC has the largest area of all forests certified in the world.