{"id":26248,"date":"2025-02-08T22:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26248"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:22:34","slug":"indigenous-communities-benefit-from-4-7-billion-in-carbon-credit-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/indigenous-communities-benefit-from-4-7-billion-in-carbon-credit-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Communities Benefit from $4.7 Billion in Carbon Credit Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon | January 9, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, a total of 4.7 billion dollars from carbon credit earnings was invested in 242 indigenous communities across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, revealed this during her ministry&#8217;s year-in-review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the National Toshaos Council Conference, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced that indigenous villages would receive 26.5% of carbon credit revenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allocation resulted in significant financial support for these communities, with an additional $35 million distributed to smaller settlements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Sukhai highlighted that the funds are being used for transformative projects that aim to improve the livelihoods of Amerindian communities while ensuring environmental sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives include ventures in tourism, agriculture, infrastructure, and arts and crafts, designed to create long-term economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to allegations of mismanagement of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) funds, Minister Sukhai firmly rejected these claims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stated that no credible evidence or cases of fund misappropriation had been presented to her office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Low Carbon Development Strategy, introduced by former President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, seeks to empower indigenous communities to create sustainable economic opportunities while protecting the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These developments mark a significant step in the ongoing effort to promote sustainable growth and economic empowerment for indigenous communities through carbon credit earnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon | January 9, 2025 In 2024, a total of 4.7 billion dollars from carbon credit earnings was invested in 242 indigenous communities across the country. Minister of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26249,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26248\/revisions\/26249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}