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Germany helps Guyana with SUVs to monitor protected areas
A member of the German team presents keys of the two SUVs to Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud.
The Guyana Protected Areas System Project (GPAS) yesterday received two four-wheel vehicles, valued $16.5M, as part of an ongoing cooperation with the German Development Bank, KfW.
A team from KFW is currently in Guyana to discuss progress under the current GPAS, and to finalize arrangements for the upcoming third phase of financial assistance under the programme.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, the vehicles were procured under the 5.15M Euro committed for the ongoing GPAS Phase Two project.
Of this total amount, 4M Euro is for use as an endowment to the Protected Areas Trust Fund under the Protected Areas Act 2011, while the remaining funds are earmarked for the establishment of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment’s Protected Areas Commission (PAC) offices and the development of infrastructure management plans in key Protected Areas.
During the handing over yesterday at the National Parks Commission, Thomas Lands, Minister Robert Persaud said that his Ministry is working with KfW to finalize arrangements, which would allow for the construction of the PAC offices, almost $30M, to commence within the next two months.
Discussions have also commenced with the KfW mission on finalizing the implementation framework for the upcoming Phase Three, which will see 4.3M Euro going towards additional support to protected areas management, infrastructure, and community initiatives, as well as strengthening environmental management capacity in key areas.
“This phase is expected to be implemented over a five-year period, commencing in 2014. It will add to the gains made under the previous initiatives supported by KfW,” a statement from the Ministry said.
“This is the latest initiative in a long history of cooperation between Guyana and Germany which began in 1996. GPAS Phase One supported sustainable livelihood projects in over thirty Amerindian communities associated with Shell Beach, Kanuku Mountains, Kaieteur National Park and the Upper Mazaruni.”
The initiative has also led to the drafting of the National Protected Areas Act, delineation plans for both the Kanuku Mountains and Shell Beach Protected Areas, and a draft Kanuku Mountains Management Plan.
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