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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Estratégia de Desenvolvimento de Baixo Carbono da Guiana (LCDS) 2030
Guyana · Georgetown · See the Guyana profile
A floresta tropical de 18 M ha da Guiana (87 % do território) gera receitas de carbono ART TREES: 40,6 M tCO2e verificadas (2016–2021), US$187,5 M recebidos. 15 % da receita flui para 240+ comunidades ameríndias; 1.300+ projetos comunitários financiados.
18M ha (87% of territory)
Área florestal
40.6M tCO2e
Reduções de emissões verificadas (2016-2021)
US$187.5M
Receita recebida
15% to 240+ communities
Quota de receita para comunidades ameríndias
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- Government of Guyana / Guyana Forestry Commission
- Period
- 2009-present
- Keywords
- Tropical forest, carbon, REDD+, indigenous, jurisdictional
Context
A Estratégia de Desenvolvimento de Baixo Carbono da Guiana monetiza os seus 18M ha de floresta tropical (87% do território) através de receitas de carbono ART TREES.
Results
Verificou 40,6M tCO2e (2016-2021) e recebeu US$187,5M, com 15% da receita a fluir para 240+ comunidades ameríndias e 1.300+ projetos comunitários 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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