As part of the EU-funded “Sustainable Forest Livelihood” Programme (SFL), implemented by AFD and WWF, a team composed of the EU delegation to Guyana, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), and WWF visited Kwakwani on 17th April 2025.
Op zaterdag 26 april heeft het WWF SFL-programma een krutu georganiseerd met vertegenwoordigers van de dorpen Powaka, Pierrekondre Kumbasi, Casipora en de Stichting Jodensavanne. Het doel van deze ontmoeting was het verzamelen van ideeën van de dorpsvertegenwoordigers over de ontwikkeling van een natuurtoeristisch product voor Para-Oost, binnen het kader van het SFL-programma.
2024 Highlights
January
Installation of the Guyana Steering Committee
The Guyana Steering Committee of the European Union (EU) funded Sustainable Forest Livelihoods (SFL) project has been officially established today, January 25, 2024. February
Installation of the Suriname Steering Committee
The Suriname Steering Committee of the European Union (EU) funded Sustainable Forest Livelihoods (SFL) project has been officially installed on February 19th 2024March
Krutu's with Saamaka communities
The SFL team went to the Boven-Suriname region to have krutus (meetings) with Saamaka communities and learn about their needs for further development. The SFL team informed the community members about the project and listened to their concerns about development constraints.April
Para East stakeholders engaged
The WWF-SFL Team met with village leaders of Para East, private sector representatives, and other stakeholders. The primary objective of this meeting was to establish common ground and determine a plan for the development of Para East.
June
Monitoring Mission in Guyana
The AFD conducted a monitoring mission, where meetings were held with the EU, Guyana Forestry Commission, the project consultants, and the WWF SFL project team to assess the overall status and discuss the work plans and approach for the project’s implementation phase.June
Monitoring Mission in Upper Suriname
The Monitoring Mission was conducted by representatives of WWF-Guianas, the Foundation for Forest Management and Production Control (SBB) and Tropenbos Suriname, Quentin Lajus of AFD. The goal was to gain a better understanding of this project area in order to concretize the work plan.
December
Supporting Nature-Based Tourism in Guyana
The stakeholder Information Session, which focused on nature-based tourism, brought together the major players and key stakeholders to discuss and strategize the future of nature-based tourism in Guyana.September
GFC Contra Signing
The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and the World Wildlife Fund-Guianas today announced a landmark agreement with the signing of a GYD 118-million-dollar contract for a project, ‘Promoting Economically Viable and Sustainable Forestry Livelihoods in Regions 2 and 10’.
October
Second Steering Committee Meeting Suriname
On October 25 2024, the steering committee of the Sustainable Forest Livelihoods for Communities in Guyana and Suriname programme, funded by the European Union in partnership with AFD (Agence Française de Développement) and executed by WWF-Guianas and SBB, convened for its second meeting in Suriname. Committee members received updates and had the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.
