| Overview : Background
Guyana maintains high levels of forest with an estimated 87% forest cover or 18.4 million hectares. The Guyana Highlands are considered one of the four largest contiguous and intact forested ecoregions, and form part of the Amazon forest. Two globally important ecoregions are found in Guyana. Biodiversity levels in Guyana's forests are extremely high.
UNDP, acting as an implementing agency of GEF, is providing assistance to Guyana in the preparation of the GEF Full Size Project (FSP). The objective of the GEF Project Preparation Grant (PPG) is to develop the project concept into a full project: “Strengthening the enabling framework for biodiversity mainstreaming and mercury reduction in small-scale gold mining operations”. |
