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Suriname National REDD+ Programme — Jurisdictional Forest Carbon Results-Based Payments

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Suriname (~93% forest cover) runs a national jurisdictional REDD+ programme (NIMOS/SBB) that generated ~10M tCO2e in UNFCCC-validated results, 2018-2020. A GCF results-based payment of ~US$80M was pending as of 2025 — governance and benefit-sharing gaps remain.

roughly 93 %
National forest cover
approximately 10 million tCO2e
REDD+ results generated, 2018-2020 (2018-2020)
8 US$/tonne
GCF results-based payment rate (results 2018-2022)
roughly 80 US$ million
Pending results-based payment (as of early 2025, pending)
roughly 6.45 US$ million
FCPF readiness grant funding (2013-2017)
Suriname National REDD+ Programme — Jurisdictional Forest Carbon Results-Based Payments

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
NIMOS (National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname) / SBB (Foundation for Forest Management and Production Control) / Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment
Period
2013-present
Keywords
REDD+, forest carbon, jurisdictional forest protection, climate finance, indigenous communities

Context

Suriname, covering roughly 93% of its territory in tropical forest — among the highest forest-cover shares of any country — operates a national jurisdictional REDD+ programme coordinated by NIMOS (National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname) as UNFCCC technical focal point and SBB (Foundation for Forest Management and Production Control) as the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) lead, under the Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment.

Objectives

The programme aims to generate UNFCCC-validated forest carbon results and secure results-based climate finance for Suriname as a High Forest cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) country.

Activities

The programme was built up through Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) readiness grants — about US$3.8 million approved in 2013 plus a US$2.65 million extension, roughly US$6.45 million in total, delivered via UNDP — and validated Forest Reference Emission Level submissions to the UNFCCC.

Results

For 2018-2020, Suriname generated approximately 10 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent in REDD+ 'results units', validated through the UNFCCC technical assessment process. Following the Green Climate Fund's October 2024 policy for REDD+ results-based payments (US$8 per tonne, for results in 2018-2022), Suriname secured early eligibility and was, as of early 2025, preparing a funding proposal for a results-based payment of roughly US$80 million.

Conclusions

As of the sources reviewed, the US$80 million payment was still pending disbursement, not a completed transfer, and no confirmed bilateral Norway-Suriname REDD+ payment agreement was found despite exploratory talks in 2019. Civil-society and analyst sources flag that HFLD countries like Suriname have historically received disproportionately little REDD+ finance, that indigenous and tribal organisations (VIDS, KAMPOS) have at times declined to join stakeholder consultations, and that domestic mining and logging licensing raises governance concerns alongside the REDD+ narrative.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M) — FCPF readiness grants totalled roughly US$6.45 million (2013 plus a later extension); the pending US$80 million results-based payment is a prospective revenue inflow, not a programme cost.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Readiness-phase funding began in 2013; results being monetised cover 2018-2022, with the funding proposal still in preparation as of early 2025 — a multi-year, ongoing process.
Staffing & skills
NIMOS (National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname) — UNFCCC technical focal point, SBB (Foundation for Forest Management and Production Control) — MRV lead, Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment oversight, UNDP delivered FCPF readiness grant funding

Conditions for success

  • Very high national forest-cover baseline (~93%) supports the HFLD climate-finance case
  • National MRV institutional capacity (SBB) built up through FCPF readiness grants (~US$6.45M)
  • UNFCCC-validated Forest Reference Emission Level methodology underpinning results claims

Common failure modes

  • HFLD countries have historically received disproportionately little REDD+ finance
  • Indigenous and tribal organisations (VIDS, KAMPOS) have at times declined to join stakeholder consultations
  • Domestic mining and logging licensing raises governance concerns alongside the REDD+ narrative
  • The flagship US$80M payment remained undisbursed as of the sources reviewed

Where it fits

Governance type
national government (jurisdictional REDD+)
Scale
national
Income level
middle-income

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