evidoria

← Back to browse

Good practice Imported

Guyana Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030

Guyana · Georgetown · See the Guyana profile · See the Georgetown profile

Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 18% 60/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Guyana's 18M-ha tropical forest (87 % of territory) earns ART TREES-certified carbon revenue: 40.6M verified tCO2e (2016–2021), US$187.5M received. 15 % of revenue flows to 240+ Amerindian communities; 1,300+ village projects funded.

18M ha (87% of territory)
Forest area
40.6M tCO2e
Verified emission reductions (2016-2021)
US$187.5M
Revenue received
15% to 240+ communities
Revenue share to Amerindian communities
Guyana Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Government of Guyana / Guyana Forestry Commission
Period
2009-present
Keywords
Tropical forest, carbon, REDD+, indigenous, jurisdictional

Context

Guyana's Low Carbon Development Strategy monetises its 18M ha of rainforest (87% of the territory) through ART TREES carbon revenues.

Results

It verified 40.6M tCO2e (2016-2021) and received US$187.5M, with 15% of revenue flowing to 240+ Amerindian communities and 1,300+ community projects financed.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes

Indicative funding routes for practices of this type — always check each programme's current calls and eligibility rules.

Do you run this practice? Claim it — verified implementers get a public contact pathway and can propose corrections.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

Attachments

Similar practices you may find useful

★ 60

Gabon CAFI Forest Carbon Agreement

Gabon

Gabon's 23.6M-ha Congo Basin rainforest (88 % of territory, deforestation <0.08 %/yr since 1990) earns results-based CAFI payments: US$17M received …