The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has commenced its National Forest Inventory (NFI).
According to Department of Public Information release, the NFI is essential for forest management planning, concession allocation, and forest utilization. “The GFC legislation and the National Forest Policy require the GFC to execute strategic forest resource inventories in order to effectively plan for the sustainable management and optimal utilization of Guyana’s forests,” it says.
It explains that the multi-year project will see the updating of forest resource information that is essential for national and concession level planning and scientific research and referencing to support the modern outlook of the National Forest Policy and the Low Carbon Development Strategy. The last National Forest Inventory was executed some 50 years ago.
