Guyana highlights importance of REDD+ in Rio +20 discussions
- as 18th meeting of Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Ministers enters homestretch
Georgetown, GINA, February 3, 2012
Source - GINA
Host country, Ecuador’s Minister of Environment Marcela Aguinaga Vallegoo meeting Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert M. Persaud after bilateral talks
Guyana's delegation, lead by the Hon. Robert Persaud, Minster of Natural Resources and the Environment, has been engaged in intense discussions at the 18th Meeting of Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Ministers, being held in Quito, Ecuador from January 31 to February 3, 2012.
Representatives and Environmental Ministers from over 30 countries of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) are also participating in the Forum.
Discussions have been primarily focused on the exchange information and experiences of the LAC countries since the 1992 Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the intention of crafting a joint Latin American and Caribbean vision for the upcoming Rio+20 follow-up Conference scheduled for June 2012.
One of the major outputs of the meeting has been the adoption of a number of
decisions related to a important environmental issues facing the region, including Atmospheric Pollution, Environmental Education for SustainableDevelopment, Sustainable Consumption and Production, and Environmental Indicators, to name a few.
The Guyana delegation, which included Mr. Damian Fernandes from the Ministry of Natural resources and the Environment, was among a number of Caribbean States which crafted two decisions on the particular vulnerabilities of Central American and Caribbean Countries, and of Small Island Developing States.
Participants stand for the singing of the Ecuadorian National Anthem
The decision on Small Island Developing States in particular, calls for new and emerging issues to be taken into account in Rio+20 discussions, especially those pertaining to Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). This key decision was also crafted to reiterate previous calls on the international community to support the implementation of Guyana's Low Carbon Development Strategy.
Minister Persaud also engaged in multilateral talks with the member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), and bi-lateral talks with Ms. Izabella Teixeira, Minister of the Environment from Brazil, Ms. Marcela Vellejo, Minister of the Environment from Ecuador, and Mr. Ginmardo Kromosoeto, Minister of Labor, Environment & Technological Development from Suriname.
These bi-lateral talks focused on options for increasing regional cooperation and integration on issues related to the natural resources and environmental sector.
It is expected that the meeting will conclude with a Quito Declaration, which will set out a joint position and vision for sustainable development of the region's 33 countries. This Declaration will serve as the basis for negations on LAC priorities at the Rio+20 conference.
- as 18th meeting of Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Ministers enters homestretch
Georgetown, GINA, February 3, 2012
Source - GINA
Host country, Ecuador’s Minister of Environment Marcela Aguinaga Vallegoo meeting Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert M. Persaud after bilateral talksGuyana's delegation, lead by the Hon. Robert Persaud, Minster of Natural Resources and the Environment, has been engaged in intense discussions at the 18th Meeting of Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Ministers, being held in Quito, Ecuador from January 31 to February 3, 2012.
Representatives and Environmental Ministers from over 30 countries of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) are also participating in the Forum.
Discussions have been primarily focused on the exchange information and experiences of the LAC countries since the 1992 Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the intention of crafting a joint Latin American and Caribbean vision for the upcoming Rio+20 follow-up Conference scheduled for June 2012.
One of the major outputs of the meeting has been the adoption of a number of
decisions related to a important environmental issues facing the region, including Atmospheric Pollution, Environmental Education for SustainableDevelopment, Sustainable Consumption and Production, and Environmental Indicators, to name a few.
The Guyana delegation, which included Mr. Damian Fernandes from the Ministry of Natural resources and the Environment, was among a number of Caribbean States which crafted two decisions on the particular vulnerabilities of Central American and Caribbean Countries, and of Small Island Developing States.
Participants stand for the singing of the Ecuadorian National AnthemThe decision on Small Island Developing States in particular, calls for new and emerging issues to be taken into account in Rio+20 discussions, especially those pertaining to Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). This key decision was also crafted to reiterate previous calls on the international community to support the implementation of Guyana's Low Carbon Development Strategy.
Minister Persaud also engaged in multilateral talks with the member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), and bi-lateral talks with Ms. Izabella Teixeira, Minister of the Environment from Brazil, Ms. Marcela Vellejo, Minister of the Environment from Ecuador, and Mr. Ginmardo Kromosoeto, Minister of Labor, Environment & Technological Development from Suriname.
These bi-lateral talks focused on options for increasing regional cooperation and integration on issues related to the natural resources and environmental sector.
It is expected that the meeting will conclude with a Quito Declaration, which will set out a joint position and vision for sustainable development of the region's 33 countries. This Declaration will serve as the basis for negations on LAC priorities at the Rio+20 conference.