Guyana qualifies for US$45M more under Norway forests pact

Norway on Friday announced that it will contribute US$45 million to the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF), bringing the total contributions from Oslo under the Norway-Guyana climate and forest partnership to a total of US$115 million since 2009.

“In 2010-2011, Guyana kept deforestation and forest degradation at exceptionally low levels. Based on this result, combined with improvements in forest governance in 2010-2012 and Guyana’s commitment to further improvements in 2013, Norway [on Friday] announces that it will contribute