This report covers the technical assessment of the voluntary submission of Guyana on its proposed forest reference level (FRL) in accordance with decision 13/CP.19 and in the context of results-based payments. The FRL proposed by Guyana covers the activities reducing emissions from deforestation, reducing emissions from forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks and sustainable management of forests, which are among the activities included in paragraph 70 of decision 1/CP.16.

For its submission, Guyana developed a national FRL. The FRL presented in the original submission, based on the reference period 2018–2022, corresponds to 141,860,359 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO₂ eq) per year. As a result of the facilitative process during the technical assessment, the FRL was modified to a forest reference emission level (FREL) value of 32,695,707 t CO₂ eq/year for emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, with an adjustment for national circumstances, and a FRL value of –68,113,829 t CO₂ eq/year for removals from conservation of forest carbon stocks and sustainable management of forests.

The assessment team notes that the data and information used by Guyana in constructing its FREL/FRL are transparent, complete and in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 12/CP.17. This report contains information on the assessed FREL/FRL and a few areas identified by the assessment team for future technical improvement in accordance with the provisions on the scope of the technical assessment contained in the annex to decision 13/CP.19.