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Norway will deposit another US$40 million into the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) immediately as research shows that Guyana’s deforestation rate is lower than previously thought, Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim announced last evening.

This is very positive and Oslo will immediately pay US$40 million into the GRIF, Solheim said in an announcement made jointly with President Bharrat Jagdeo…..


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