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3.5 chaiNsaw milliNg aND guyaNa’s lcDs
• establishing a project management office (pmo) and an office of Climate Change
(oCC);
• continuing the multi-stakeholder consultation process;
• supporting an annual verification by neutral experts that rEDD+ enabling activities
have been completed;
• establishing a system for independent Forest monitoring (iFm);
• establishing the Guyana rEDD+ investment Fund (GriF).
norwegian financial support is being channeled through a dedicated financial mechanism
(GriF). The support will finance two sets of activities: the implementation of Guyana’s
lCDs and building capacity to improve rEDD+ and lCDs efforts.
REDD+
reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation and avoiding deforestation
are key elements of the lCDs. Guyana strongly supports the enhanced scope of rEDD
(rEDD+) to include forest conservation and sFm. Guyana also supports a staged approach
to rEDD, whereby public funding will be required for the early readiness and capacitybuilding
phases, and a combination of public and market-based funding will support the
later phases, when forest carbon can be traded in the compliance markets.
Guyana was one the first countries to have its readiness plan (r-plan) approved under the
world bank Forest Carbon partnership Facility project to support capacity building and
readiness preparation for access to rEDD climate funds and ultimately, carbon market
financing. This r-plan will assist Guyana in developing the monitoring, reporting and
verification system required.
conclusion: The role of chainsaw milling in the lcDs
Chainsaw milling is relevant to Guyana’s lCDs, as it is an important part of the wood
processing sector. owing to its versatility and small operation size, regulated chainsaw
milling in many cases allows for a smaller carbon footprint than conventional milling.
Chainsaw milling, by its very nature, leads to lower clearance rates because of limited
roads and infrastructure requirements; for example, most chainsaw milling operations
use tractors instead of skidders, which allow for reduced clearances from skid roads and
pathways.
additionally, conversion on site reduces the transportation of waste products and thereby
reduces the fossil fuel use of operators. infrastructure maintenance is limited; it also
lends itself to a low carbon operation with relatively little environmental damage. Further,
the scale and versatility of chainsaw milling allows for forest extraction activities to be
confined to a shorter time and smaller area, thereby enabling the forest area and
ecosystems to regenerate.
it has generally been recognized that when chainsaw milling is properly practised, the
waste remaining enhance the nutrient level of the soil, boosting its regenerative capacity.
Chainsaw milling, practiced efficiently, has the potential to be a low-carbon subsector of
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