Det Norske Veritas certification as (DNV) has been commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment to perform a non accredited verification of the Interim Performance indicators reported for the period 1st October 2009 to 30th September 2010 - year 1 as describe in the Guyana REDD+ monitoring reporting and verification system (MRVS) - Interim Measures Report, version 16 March 2011 produced by the Guyana Forestry Commission - Government of Guyana.