Cunha Canal rehabilitation among LCDS priority projects this year

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Government intends to advance projects in sync with Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) even as efforts are underway to ensure that the Amaila Falls hydro project access road be completed. Upon completion, the project will remove 99 per cent of the country’s energy related emissions and provide a reliable source of energy in Guyana. The Office of Climate Change (OCC) in a press release issued on Monday outlined among the LCDS priority projects for 2012 are: the Amerindian Land Titling and Demarcation programme; establishment of the Amerindian Development Fund; the Biodiversity Centre and the rehabilitation of the Cunha Canal.

The Cunha Canal re habilitation is the first adaptation project under the LCDS, which is aimed at increasing the canal’s discharge capacity and reducing the risks of the embankment overtopping and flooding along the East Bank of the Demerara. These projects are in addition to the hinter land electrification project which will see the installation of 11,000 solar home systems in 150 hinterland communities; the One Laptop per Family project and the E-governance fiber-optic cable which will serve as the backbone of a larger ICT strategy to improve and lower the cost of access to information and essential government services. Guyana and Norway are working jointly to improve the effectiveness of the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) mechanism with the establishment of a GRIF Secretariat to support the facilitation of this mandate, and serve to hasten the release of the Norway funds.

The Guyana- Norway partnership is the second biggest interim REDD + agreement in the world and according to the OCC, Guyana’s performance for 2011 will be conducted in the following months in accordance with the agreed requirements of the Joint Concept Note (JCN) and Memorandum of Understanding between Guyana and Norway.

The level of support depends on Guyana’s delivery of results as it relates to performance against a set of REDD+ Enabling activities and REDD+ Performance indicators.

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