DRC Mai-Ndombe Emission Reductions Programme (FCPF / World Bank)
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
The world's first national REDD+ programme in the FCPF Carbon Fund (Dec 2016); verified 3.89 M tCO2e for 2019–2020, earning …
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Estrategia de Desarrollo Bajo en Carbono de Guyana (LCDS) 2030
Guyana · Georgetown · See the Guyana profile
El bosque tropical de 18 M ha de Guyana (87 % del territorio) genera ingresos de carbono ART TREES: 40,6 M tCO2e verificadas (2016–2021), US$187,5 M recibidos. El 15 % de los ingresos va a 240+ comunidades amerindias; 1.300+ proyectos comunitarios financiados.
18M ha (87% of territory)
Área forestal
40.6M tCO2e
Reducciones de emisiones verificadas (2016-2021)
US$187.5M
Ingresos recibidos
15% to 240+ communities
Porcentaje de ingresos a comunidades amerindias
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- Government of Guyana / Guyana Forestry Commission
- Period
- 2009-present
- Keywords
- Tropical forest, carbon, REDD+, indigenous, jurisdictional
Context
La Estrategia de Desarrollo Bajo en Carbono de Guyana monetiza sus 18M ha de selva tropical (87% del territorio) mediante ingresos de carbono ART TREES.
Results
Verificó 40,6M tCO2e (2016-2021) y recibió US$187,5M, con el 15% de los ingresos destinados a más de 240 comunidades amerindias y 1.300+ proyectos comunitarios financiados.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
- Government of Guyana / Guyana Forestry Commission — accessed 2026-06-21
- WBCSD – Guyana Jurisdictional Forest Carbon Credits (2024) — accessed 2026-06-21
- EDF Vital Signs – Guyana village forest benefits — accessed 2026-06-21
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