International 
Guyana Shield Initiative/ Avoided Deforestation through consolidation and creation of protected areas in the Guianan Region
As of: July 2021
The aim of the project was the protection and sustainable management of important rainforest areas within the Guiana Shield, a cross-border region shared by three countries: Suriname, Guyana and Brazil. The project further intended to plan and equip protection areas in northern Brazil. In addition, national forest inventories were supported, using maps and satellite-based control systems. Building on these inventories, pilot forest conservation projects have been developed.
State of implementation/results
- Project completed
- Guyana established a MRV-System on which a system of performance-based payments for forest conservation was based on.
- Seven Brazilian protected areas with a total of 15,8 million hectares have officially adopted management plans.
- Surinam successfully submitted the Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) to the Carbon Fund of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.
- As a result of a regional knowledge exchange experiences from neighbouring countries were shared and could be used.
- Training measures were implemented with the state environmental authorities, municipalities and local authorities.
Project data
- Country:
- Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
- Implementing organisation:
- KfW Entwicklungsbank
- Political partner(s):
- Ministry of Physical Planning, Land & Forest Management - Suriname
- Secretariat for Economic Development - Brazil
- Implementing partner(s):
- Conservation International Foundation
- BMU grant:
- 2.250.000,00 €
- Duration:
- 10/2009 till 12/2014
- Website(s):
