Community meetings underway on reduced emissions from forestry activities

A scene from the Region Two meeting

Countrywide community meetings have begun under the consultancy for stakeholder participation on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and Readiness Activities in Guyana.

According to a press release yesterday from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Project (FCPF) in Guyana, beginning in early May, stakeholder engagements were held in Moruca, Region One; Mainstay, Region Two; Georgetown, Region Four and; Kwakwani, Region Ten. There will be further meetings  in Bartica, Region Seven; Mahdia, Region Eight and; Lethem, Region Nine in the coming weeks.