Verification report on deforestation rate completed

The verification of Guyana’s deforestation rate for Year 3 of the Guyana-Norway forests protection partnership has been completed and is expected to be released soon.

“The verification work has been completed, and the report is expected to be finalized within a few weeks’ time,” Andreas Tveteraas, Deputy Director of the Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative told Stabroek News last week.

The preliminary report on deforestation rates for the year 2012, compiled by the