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Guyana’s Amaila Falls dam in doubt as Sithe Global pulls out
Earlier this month, newspapers in Guyana reported that Sithe Global had pulled out of the Amaila Falls hydropower dam.
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“Shrouded in secrecy”: Norway’s REDD funding for the Amaila Falls dam in Guyana
The controversy surrounding the proposed Amaila Falls hydropower dam in Guyana continues.
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Eight problems with Norway’s REDD support to Guyana: Open letter to Erik Solheim
Next week, Erik Solheim, Norway’s Minister of the Environment & International Development, will be visiting Guyana.
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Increasing deforestation in Guyana gives Norway a headache
“The world is looking for a great example somewhere,” Jan Hartke, a consultant to the Clinton Foundation wrote in June 2009.
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Memo to Rainforest Alliance: If REDD is supposed to reduce deforestation, why is Norway giving REDD money to Guyana?
Norway has agreed to fund the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund to the tune of US$250 million.
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Forest Peoples Programme concerned about REDD safeguards in Guyana
“Forest peoples’ voices are increasingly being heard, and attended to, in debates about the future of the forests,” writes Marcus Colchester, the…
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REDD rubber hits the road in Guyana: skid-marks a-plenty
Last week, the Government of Norway signed an agreement at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington setting up the “Guyana REDD+ Investment…
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