Guyana timber sales agreement

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2007-05-14

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Conservation International has obtained a 30-yr Timber Sales agreement from the Guyana government to manage 81,000 hectares of rain forest. They are attempting to show that conservation can pay for itself, and are paying acreage fees comparable to that of active timber concessions.

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Payments for environmental services, Tropical zones, Deforestation, Conservation, Forest ecosystems

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