Guyana
‘The forest is our life’: Hope for change in Guyana’s forests
6 August 2019
Forestry is big business in Guyana. The sector contributed 2.27 percent to Guyana’s GDP in 2016, with total forest products exports valued at $41.9 million. Approximately 20,000 people, mainly in the rural and hinterland areas, are employed in the sector. Guyana’s laws provide for indigenous…
Indigenous peoples of Guyana concerned that timber trade agreement lacks solid protections for land rights
In two newly released reports, indigenous leaders point out that the current concession allocations system in Guyana is unjust, severely flawed and facilitated by a national legal framework that does not fully respect their internationally protected rights to their customary lands and resources. …
Possible Europe, Guyana trade deal must protect land rights - activists
BY CHRIS ARSENAULT TORONTO, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A potential trade pact between the European Union and Guyana must contain land rights protections for local residents in order to avert the possible displacement of indigenous people, activists said on Tuesday. Rising trade…
Guyana
projects
Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Development and Management
Value: $151,675.00
Donors: Other organizations (Projects Database)
Tenure Facility projects supported in Guyana
Value: $4,164,299.00
Donors: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Protecting Forests, Protecting Rights
Value: $20,000,000.00
Donors: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
