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Revised Guyana forest baselines show lower emissions, less removals after UN assessment

Published 22:49 on November 23, 2025 / Last updated at 22:49 on November 23, 2025 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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Guyana has sharply revised its national forest reference levels following a UN technical assessment that prompted extensive methodological corrections, reducing the country’s headline figures by more than half and significantly altering the treatment of both emissions and removals across multiple REDD+ activities.
Guyana has sharply revised its national forest reference levels following a UN technical assessment that prompted extensive methodological corrections, reducing the country’s headline figures by more than half and significantly altering the treatment of both emissions and removals across multiple REDD+ activities.


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