Guyana’s deforestation rate dropped to 0.065% last year compared to the 0.068% in 2013 with mining continuing to be the major driver, according to the latest report on deforestation rates for the Guyana-Norway forests partnership.
The fifth performance report on Interim Measures for Reducing Emissions for Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+), under Guyana’s Monitoring Reporting and Verification System (MRVS) says that change of forest to non-forest excluding degradation between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014
