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The National Forest Corporation (ONAF), which is responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of wood land and forest resources, offers rebates of between 75 and 90 per cent of the net costs of afforestation and sustainable forest management activities, especially those carried out by small wood land owners.

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Policy Letter (LPS-PA) defines the basic principles of a new reform strategy for the fisheries and aquaculture development sector up to the year 2015 intended to reorganize the fisheries sector and implement a policy for the sustainable management of fish resources, which are the country's number one export.

Eco-tourism is a growing sector due to Guyana's abundance of unspoiled flora and fauna.

The EC has been including provisions and commitments on implementing social and environmental standards in its contractual bilateral agreements with the view to foster sustainable development.

Import licenses are required for endangered species covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

In accordance with the revised Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas, announced in May 2005, the Government introduced new direct payment assistance to "core farmers" who, among others, must also abide by the "agricultural environmental code" defined by the Government.

In non-harmonized areas, goods lawfully produced in one country should be allowed to be marketed in any other Member State, even when the product does not fully comply with technical rules of the Member State of destination, except where the latter can show that departure from this principle is strictly necessary for the protection of, inter alia, public health or environment.

Import prohibitions are maintained, inter alia, on certain flora and fauna.

Import restrictions and prohibitions are maintained for environmental reasons.

The Cohesion Policy programmes support, during 2007-2013 energy efficiency and renewable energy measures as well as other energy-related programmes such as: Altener (promotion of renewable energy sources); Save (promotion of energy efficiency); Sure (safe transport of radioactive materials).