Pursuing REDD+ as a viable development option:
Lessons from Guyana’s experience
About this Project
Pursuing REDD+ as a viable development option: Lessons from Guyana’s experience [36 pages, 4.32mb] is a report published by MRFCJ which aims to enable South-South sharing of experiences on REDD+.
The report outlines the lessons that can be learned from Guyana’s experience with REDD+ which should provide insights for other forest countries. It also provides an overview of the key steps taken by Guyana in its pursuit of a national-scale REDD+ initiative and its Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).
REDD+ is an evolving international mechanism which seeks to create positive incentives for developing countries to protect their forests. Guyana, with the support of Norway, has put in place a national-scale REDD+ strategy.
The findings of the report were discussed as part of a high-level dialogue at the first Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
The panel was chaired by MRFCJ board member Jane Grimson and included Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner on Climate Action, Dr R. K. Pachauri, Chair of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change and Jennifer Webster, Minister within the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Guyana.