Guyana's forest offer seeks viable market mechanism -agri minister
tells Bali seminar
Stabroek News, Saturday, December 15th 2007
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says Guyana's rainforest offer
to combat climate change is a call for a viable market-based mechanism
to reward and compensate countries that have taken deliberate policy
measures to ensure the sustainable use of their forest resources.
According to a press release from the Government Information Agency
(GINA) Persaud made these comments at the 'Capacity Building for
Climate Change Adaptation - A Caribbean Experience' seminar organised
by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, one of the side
events of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Conference meeting in Bali, Indonesia.
The delegation also included Chairman of the National Climate Committee
Shyam Nokta, Head of the National Climate Unit in the ministry
Gitanjali Chandarpal, Major General (ret'd) Joe Singh and Co-ordinator
of the Guiana Shield Programme Dr Patrick Chesney.
Persaud said Guyana will continue to deal with climate change including
its forest management which is based on the principles of sustainable
development. This takes into account sustainable use and conservation
which is evident in the work of the Iwokrama Rainforest Conservation
and Development Pro-gramme. Guyana's delegation was involved in
negotiations in the technical sessions which included meetings of the
Subsidiary Body on Science and Technological Advice during which one of
the main topics reviewed was Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and
Degradation.
Guyana and other rainforest countries have been lobbying for adequate
compensation for standing forests and a market-based mechanism to be
put in place as discussions are ongoing on a post 2012 Kyoto Protocol.
The Adaptation Fund, Development and Transfer of Technologies and
Capacity Building were also discussed.
The Guyana team is expected to continue negotiations and will
participate in important bilateral meetings with delegations from the
United Kingdom and other countries.
In October President Bharrat Jagdeo said Guyana was willing to deploy
almost its entire forest in the service of the battle against climate
change.
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