Historic carbon credits payments set for Amerindian communities – -$4.7b to be shared to 241 villages

Population size was a key determining factor in government’s methodology for the distribution of money earned from Guyana’s sale of carbon credits, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo explained yesterday as he announced the first payment of $4.7 billion or US$22 million to 241 indigenous communities.

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