Civic groups concerned over gov’t posture on future of Norway-Guyana forests pact

A group of civil society organisations is concerned at indications that government is walking away from renewing the Norway-Guyana forests protection agreement and has also expressed dissatisfaction that the administration is dismissive of its views on the upcoming climate change meeting in Paris.

In a statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), the Guyana Policy Forum informed that 23 organisations, representative of youth, business, faith-based, disabilities, human rights, trade union, indigenous, welfare and environmental concerns, met on Wednesday with a view to