janette bulkan has more intellectual firepower asleep that the entire Guyana govt
Dear Editor,
The table of donor contributions posted by the Office of Climate Change (OCC) on the LCDS website, http://www.lcds.gov.gy/international-financing-for-lcds-and-redd.html,
and mentioned in SN’s article ‘Gov’t releases LCDS, REDD+ funding details – dedicated website still to be set up’ (SN, 07 May 2011), appears to be quite incomplete.
The OCC has not mentioned who paid for the McKinsey consultancy on avoided deforestation, which was summarized in the document issued by the Office of the President in December 2008 – ‘Saving the world’s forests today: creating incentives to avoid deforestation’ -
http://www.lcds.gov.gy/images/stories/Documents/Guyana%20Office%20of% 20the%20President%20 Avoiding% 20Deforestation%20 Paper.pdf.
That consultancy was co-funded by the Clinton Foundation (a reputed US$500,000) and the Caribbean regional office of the UK Department for International Development (DFID, a reported £300,000).
Conservation International provided four named staff to prepare the REDD Readiness Plan Idea Note (February/May/July 2008,
http://www.forestcarbon partnership.org/fcp/sites/forestcarbonpartnership.org/files/Documents/PDF/Guyana_R-PIN_Final_2008-7-31.pdf) alongside Government of Guyana staff.
DFID also paid for the services of Ed Dreyfus, the US banker who worked in the Project Management Office of the Office of Climate Change on potential investments in LCDS projects; see
http://www.lcds.gov.gy/images/stories/Documents/pmo/Investing%20in% 20Guyana%27s %20Low%20Carbo n%20Future.pdf – only this page is now inaccessible on the LCDS website.
Most conspicuously the contributions of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have been under-reported. The figures below have been derived from the IDB’s own website, updated to 30 April 2011. In total the IDB has approved grants of US$3,876,000 to the Government of Guyana for LCDS and REDD+. Of this sum, US$269,978 have reportedly been disbursed.
IDB itself has reported the following:
Grant GY-T1058: Climate Change and Biodiversity Mainstreaming through Avoided Deforestation. Operation ATN/NP-10749-GY closed 01 April 2009 and operation ATN/NP-10750-GY closed 25 September 2009, total cost US$150,000; http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project,1303.html?id=GY-T1058 Grant GY-T1069 : Measurement of Climate Change Impacts and Eco-system Services in Iwokrama. Operation ATN/MC-11548-GY in progress since 02 April 2009. Total cost US$286,875, Iwokrama’s in-kind contribution US$57,375, spent US$206,360 by 30 April 2011;
http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project,1303.html?id=GY-T1069
*Grant GY-T1068: Supporting Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.
Operation ATN/SF11788-GY in progress since 25 September 2009. Total cost US$509,000, OCC’s and Office of the President’s in-kind contribution US$59,000, spent US$269,978 by 30 April 2011;
http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project,1303.html?id=GY-T1068
Grant GY-T1075: Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project Preparation Studies. Operations ATN/OC-12248 and 12249-GY signed on 12 August 2010. Total cost US$2,517,000, Government of Guyana in-kind contribution US$1,307,000, approved US$1,210,000;
http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project,1303.html?id=GY-T1075
*Grant GY-T1076: Developing Capacities in Implementing REDD+.
Operation ATN/SF-12553-GY signed on 01 March 2011. Total cost US$850,000, Guyana Forestry Commission in-kind contribution US$115,000, approved US$735,000;
http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project,1303.html?id=GY-T1076
Only the two grants marked above with an asterisk are reported on the LCDS website. The revised Joint Concept Note of 31 March 2011 to accompany the Norway-Guyana MoU says on page 3 – ‘The contributions to Guyana’s REDD-plus/LCDS from Norway and other contributors, including the FCPF, will be administered in a transparent manner. Information concerning all expenditures, both planned and implemented, will be publicly available on the relevant website of the Government of Guyana, and through national systems of public disclosure, including to the National Assembly.
http://www.lcds.gov.gy/images/stories/Documents/JCN%20March%2031%2 c%202011.pdf
The table of donor contributions posted to the LCDS website does not fulfill this promise.
Janette Bulkan
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Janette Bulkan does have more ability and knowledge than all of the Government of Guyana.
Her Thesis should be required reading for all U O G students. I dont think they can be aware of
the corruption in the Forestry Sector. I am sure All Government Departments are are the same.
Posted by john gullion | May 9, 2011, 1:05 pmhats off to the lady she is a warrior you have my respect
Posted by speed | May 9, 2011, 2:47 pmI heard Janette Bulkan takes sodom from Christopher Ram. DOCTOR JAGDEO has more intelligence you stupid donkeys. He’s praised in India and he was worthy enough to get blessings from Sri Sathya Baba ( God Bless his soul) . I refrain from profanity becuase Sathya Baba and Dr.Jagdeo are in my sentences and as such I have to respect them because they are a product from the heavens AND NOT JANETTE BULKAN. She is just a supporter of Christopher Ram’s fascist cocaine empire spreading terrorism to Guyana that affect the innocent while Christopher Ram’s sons stash the cocaine money at Lascala Drive, Windermere, Florida. These drug barons. The US Authorities should investigate Ram’s terrorist organisation as Ram was supporting Tacuma Ogensyue’s call for terror in Guyana. We should not support Ram or Tacuma. They are dangerous criminals. Propaganda Press is the ones who lick the anus of Ram and Ogensye and instill fear in Guyanese because Sherlina Nageer and Vidratya Kissoon invade people privacy.
Freddie is a supporter of Walter Rodney ( who blew up himself near a Government place). Walter Rodney was the innovator of suicide bombing. So we can see how Christopher Ram, Granger, Rodney, Freddie and Tacuma are a set of dangerous criminals.
Posted by Bajan | May 10, 2011, 6:27 pm