National Forest Plan 2018.

The overall objective goal of the Forest Policy and Plan, consistent with the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS), is the conservation, protection and utilization of the state’s forest, by ensuring its social, economic and environmental attributes and benefits that are sustained and enhanced for the benefit of current and future generations of Guyanese, whilst fulfilling Guyana’s commitments under international agreements and conventions. The four specific objectives (SOs) that drive all activities within the Plan are (1) Deriving development benefits from the forest (Economics); (2) Conserving, protecting and sustaining the forest (Conservation); (3) Governing the forest to ensure current and future benefits (Governance); (4) Building human and institutional capacity for management of activities in the forest (Capacity). The Plan consists of 5 Sections and has two Annexes.