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

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

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 — one of the more significant jurisdictional REDD+ finance cases among High Forest cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries.

As of the sources reviewed, the US$80M payment was still pending disbursement (concept note submission expected in 2025), not a completed transfer. No confirmed, signed bilateral Norway-Suriname REDD+ payment agreement (unlike Norway's earlier deal with Guyana) 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.

Read the full analysis: https://gov.sr/suriname-klaar-voor-groene-financiele-injectie-redd-programma-opent-deuren-naar-80-miljoen-usd/