In the small Amerindian community of Wiruni, along the Berbice River, Toshao Rohan Fredricks is putting proceeds from carbon credit sales to work for the roughly 600 residents. The funds are being channelled into projects aimed at improving livelihoods, with men and women benefiting equally, Fredricks said. This initiative complements the community’s receipt of government budgetary allocations for other capital and infrastructure projects, helping Wiruni balance external support with locally dri