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Norwegian-supported actors spar over historic forest carbon credit deal in Guyana

News May 04, 2023 / By: Ann Danaiya Usher

The lucrative sale of 33 million tonnes worth of carbon credits by Guyana last December, heralded as the dawn of a new era in tropical forest financing, has triggered a dispute between an indigenous NGO, the government in Georgetown, and a forest carbon crediting agency. All have received financing from the Norwegian Climate Ministry.

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Laura George (left) is Governance and Rights Coordinator at the Amerindian Peoples Association. Bharrat Jagdeo is Vice-President of Guyana. Mary Grady is the Executive Director of the forest carbon certifier ART.

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