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    • Terms of Reference – Specialist in REDD+ Safeguards
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    • TOR – Specialist in Forest Carbon Monitoring
    • TOR – Specialist in Forest Area Assessment
    • Request for Proposal Linden Kiln Drying Facility
    • Tender for Vehicle
    • Request for Proposal for National Forest Management and COC System.
    • Revised National Log Export Policy – 3rd Phase 2020-2025
    • Covid-19 Emergency Measures
    • Public Notice – Renewal of State Forest Authorizations

      – State Forest Permissions (SFA-SFPs) for 2021/2023

    • Guyana MRV Support – Mid Term Evaluation – Final Report 17.02.2020
    • APPLICATION FOR LICENCES FOR YEAR 2019
    • Specifications for the Supply of Two (2) 4 x4 Double Cab Vehicles
    • Vacant Areas
      • Vacant Areas Notice – 2022
      • Vacant Areas for Allocation – 2022
      • Vacant Areas Map 2022
    • SFP / SFEP application forms
    • Pine Wood Public Notice
    • Forest Resources Allocation Map of Guyana – 2021
    • SFEP Area 1 21-Dec-2016
    • SFEP Area 2 21-Dec-2016
    • GFC Forensic Audit 2015
    • GFC Management Response To Forensic Audit 2016-01-14
    • State Forest Allocation Summary
    • Flow Charts
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      • Large Concession
      • Small Concession
      • Wood Processing Facilities for Guyana (Sawmills and Lumberyards) ITTO
    • Stakeholder Outreach Reports
    • Guyana’s Participate at Bonn Climate Change Conference, Bonn, Germany
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  • PEFC
    • How the Guyana National Forest

      Certification System is being developed

      • Standard setting procedures
        • Invitation to nominate a representative to the

          national standard- setting working group for the

          national forest and wood products certification system

        • Public announcement on the Development

          of Guyana’s National Forest Management

          Standard and Certification System

      • What is The Scope of the National Forest Management and

        Chain of Custody Certification System?

      • What is the PEFC?
      • Key Benefits for Guyanese Stakeholders and why is Guyana

        Developing its own Certification System when we have the VPA?

      • Advantages of the PEFC Certification System
      • What is the role of the GFC in the Certification System?
      • How will the standards be developed?
      • How will the Certification System work?
      • What will be the Cost of Certification?
      • National working group
    • Standards and implementation
      • GFSSM
      • Chain of Custody
      • Group Certification
    • Discover PEFC internationally
    • Public consultations on the standards
      • PEFC preliminary meeting
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        • Public consultation – June 2022
        • Public consultation – November 2022
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    • The Guyana Standard for Sustainable Forest Management
    • Procedure for Handling Complaints and Appeals
    • What is a National Forest Management and Chain of

      Custody Certification System?

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  • Redd+
    • Guyana MRVS Assessment Year 2021 Report
    • National Forest Monitoring News – Indufor
      • Monitoring National Forest Change In Cloudy Environments
      • Guyana Completes 10 Years Of Forest Change Monitoring
      • An Assessment Of Global Forest Change Datasets For National Forest Monitoring And Reporting
      • RADAR Deforestation Alerts Added To Guyana’s Forest Monitoring System
      • Forest Degradation Estimation: A National Approach
      • UAV Mapping Of Mining Impacts
    • Guyana MRVS Assessment Year 2020 Report –

      Final – September 2021

    • PUBLIC NOTICE – MRVS Year 9 Report
    • MRVS Year 2019 Report – Version 1
    • Guyana MRV Support – Mid Term Evaluation

      – Final Report 17.02.2020

    • PUBLIC NOTICE – MRVS Year 8 Report
    • Guyana MRVS Year 8 Report – Version 1
    • MRVS Year 8 Summary Report
    • PUBLIC NOTICE – MRVS Year 7 Report
    • Accuracy Assessment – Guyana MRVS Year 7
    • MRVS Summary Report – Year 7 November 2018
    • MRVS Interim Measures Report – Year 7 Version 1
    • Statement of Release of MRVS Year 7

      Deforestation Assessment – November 21 2018

    • MRVS Interim Measures Reports
    • MRVS Steering Committee Meetings
    • MRVS Year 5 Report
    • MRVS Year 3 & 4 Report
    • MRVS Roadmap Phase 1
    • MRVS Roadmap Phase 2
  • Legislation and Policies
    • Guyana’s National Forest Policy Statement – 2018
    • Guyana’s National Forest Plan – 2018
    • CoP for Forest Operations 2018
    • Forests Regulations 2018
    • Final Guideline For Large Concession
    • Guidelines for Forest Operations (SMALL CONCESSIONS)
    • Forests Act 2009
    • Guyana Forestry Commission Act 2007
11.7 per cent growth in non-oil sector commendable – Minister Bharrat COP 15: the EU and Guyana sign an agreement on sustainable trade of legal timber $360M approved for forest payment verification fee Ministry of Natural Resources, Guyana Forestry Commission, and other Partners Hosts International Learning Event on Forest Regulation, Forest Economics and Forests and Climate Guyana to get €5M grant for forest preservation

11.7 per cent growth in non-oil sector commendable – Minister Bharrat

As the analysis of Budget 2023 continues, Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat on Sunday examined the positive effect of the forestry sector and its impact on the local economy. “An 11.7 per cent growth rate in the non-oil sector is quite commendable…particularly in the natural resources sector, [we have seen]...
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COP 15: the EU and Guyana sign an agreement on sustainable trade of legal timber

Today at COP 15 in Montreal, Canada, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius, and Guyana Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Vickram Bharrat M.P., signed a legally binding trade agreement to promote sustainable trade of legal timber to the European Union (EU). Mr. Jan Dusík, Deputy Minister...
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$360M approved for forest payment verification fee

The National Assembly on Monday approved $360 million for the payment of Guyana’s verification fee for the sale of its carbon credits, to the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART). Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat told the National Assembly that the approved sum will cater specifically to the payments Guyana...
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Ministry of Natural Resources, Guyana Forestry Commission, and other Partners Hosts International Learning Event on Forest Regulation, Forest Economics and Forests and Climate

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and other partners launched the national learning event titled ‘Forest Regulator Workshop: Changing Roles in a Changing Climate’ on Monday, December 05, 2022, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel. The two-day workshop, which ends on December 06, 2022, provides a...
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Guyana to get €5M grant for forest preservation

– as GOG, EU signs ‘Forest Partnership’ MOU The Government of Guyana and the European Union (EU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on ‘Forest Partnership’ which will see the country receiving an initial €5 million grant to help with the preservation of its forest. The signing was done between Natural...
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ABOUT US
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).
OUR MISSION
To provide excellence in forestry management services to our stakeholders through the application of professional skills to contribute to our nation’s development.
VISION
To be a dynamic and professional Forestry Commission highly respected by local and international stakeholders.


GUYANA FORESTRY COMMISSION YOUTUBE CHANNEL
President Dr Irfaan Ali’s address to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on a Forest Partnership between the European Union and the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
With funding from the WWF under the BIODEV 30 Initiative, the GFC in collaboration with the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) implemented the project: Increasing capacity and awareness of forest stakeholders and regulators on policy and guidelines on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. As outputs of this project both GFC and GWCMC took the opportunity to highlight their roles in conservation of biological diversity.
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FUNCTIONS OF THE GUYANA FORESTRY COMMISSION (GFC)

The GFC is responsible for advising the subject Minister on issues relating to forest policy, forestry laws and regulations. The Commission is also responsible for the administration and management of all State Forest land. The work of the Commission is guided by a National Forest Plan that has been developed to address the forest policy.

The Commission develops and monitors standards for forest sector operations, develops and implements forest protection and conservation strategies, oversees forest research and provides support and guidance to forest education and training. See departments for a list of departments in the GFC. The GFC is governed by a board of directors appointed by the President. The board is responsible for the performance of the functions conferred on the Commission by the Act.

$900M revolving fund to support forestry sector- President Ali announces

His Excellency, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced a $900 million revolving fund to support the country’s forestry sector. The announcement was made during a stakeholder consultation at the Guyana Forestry Commission in Kingston, Georgetown on Friday afternoon. “We will set aside $300 million in the revolving fund from the…

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Guyana and EU join forces to meet highest international standards on export of legal timber

On 27 October 2022, representatives of Guyana and the European Union met to discuss the implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). The Agreement will help improve forest governance and sustainable forestry, and verify the trade in legal timber. According to René…

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Guyana’s forest management system one of the best worldwide – Minister Bharrat 

With over 87 percent forest cover, Guyana boasts one of the best forest management systems in the world, said Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, M.P on Monday.    Minister Bharrat was at the time delivering remarks at the launching of a week of activities in commemoration of International Day…

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Guyana/EU agree on roadmap to improve forest governance, reduce illegal timber trade

Guyana and the European Union (EU) on Thursday, agreed on a detailed roadmap for implementing the Guyana-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which aims to improve forest governance and verify the trade in legal timber. The aide-mémoire was signed by Minister of Natural Resources,…

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