LCDS group upset at call to delay Norway funds

Following a letter to Norway’s government by a group of prominent Guyanese who said there is no present justification for the release of funds under the forests’ pact between the two countries, members of the Multi Stakeholders Steering Committee (MSSC) have taken “exception” to its contents.

The MSSC of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) comprises representatives of government ministries and state agencies as well as non-governmental organisations, environmental and indigenous peoples’ organisations,