达尼卡·科托 波多黎各圣胡安——国王查尔斯三世周五访问圭亚那期间，敦促更多国家重视自然，并赞扬该国在保护其广袤森林的同时，通过出售碳信用额度获得数百万美元收入所做的努力。查尔斯表示，如何找到衡量自然价值的方法仍是一项挑战。
DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — King Charles III urged more countries to value nature during a visit to Guyana on Friday, praising its efforts to protect its vast forests while generating millions of dollars from carbon credit sales. Charles said finding ways to value nature remained a challenge.
“每个人都在争论它值多少。嗯，它是无价的。这就是答案，”他在首都乔治敦与总统伊尔凡·阿里会面时说道。
“Everybody argues about how much. Well, it’s priceless. That’s the answer,” he said during a meeting with President Irfaan Ali in Georgetown, the capital.
这位英国君主谴责了他所称的无休止的森林砍伐，警告说这“完全损害了我们未来和其他人的未来，以及我们的健康”。“大自然对一切其实都有最好的解决办法，”他说。
The British monarch condemned what he described as endless deforestation, warning that it was “totally prejudicing our future and other people’s futures, and our health.”“Nature has the best solutions to everything, really,” he said.
查尔斯周四抵达圭亚那，这是他为期九天的加勒比之行的一部分。他首先访问了巴哈马，并计划于周五晚间抵达安提瓜，出席英联邦政府首脑会议。
Charles arrived in Guyana on Thursday as part of a nine-day Caribbean tour . He first visited the Bahamas and is scheduled to arrive in Antigua on Friday evening ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
阿里赞扬查尔斯在自然、气候和环境方面的领导力，以及他对低碳发展战略的支持。“近二十年后，圭亚那已经证明了什么是可能的，”阿里说。
Ali praised Charles’ leadership on nature, climate and the environment, and his support for a low-carbon development strategy. “Nearly two decades later, Guyana has demonstrated what is possible,” Ali said.
查尔斯国王表示，他希望其他国家效仿圭亚那，应对“我们面临的巨大生存威胁”。2009年，挪威同意提供2.5亿美元，帮助保护圭亚那180万公顷的森林。
King Charles said he hoped other countries would follow Guyana’s example in confronting the “enormous existential threats we face.”In 2009, Norway agreed to provide $250 million to help protect Guyana’s 18 million hectares of forest.
近年来，圭亚那已从碳信用销售中获得3.53亿美元。2022年11月，它成为首个按照旨在减少温室气体排放的全球标准发行此类碳信用的国家。
Guyana has earned $353 million from carbon credit sales in recent years. In November 2022, it became the first country to issue such credits under a global standard aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
次月，美国所有的赫斯公司——圭亚那近海石油行业的合作伙伴——同意在未来十年购买价值7.5亿美元的碳信用。圭亚那政府承诺将收益的30%留出，用于美洲原住民社区的发展项目。
The following month, U.S.-owned Hess Corporation, a partner in Guyana’s offshore oil sector, agreed to buy $750 million worth of carbon credits over the next decade. Guyana’s government pledged to set aside 30% of the proceeds for development projects in Indigenous Amerindian communities.
阿里说：“我们的雄心持续扩大，涵盖生物多样性、可持续城市以及人与自然的更好关系。”
“Our ambitions continue to grow, to encompass biodiversity, sustainable cities, and a better relationship between people and nature,” Ali said.
简短讲话后，他喝了一口刚切开的椰子，随后会见了被称为“托肖斯”的原住民领袖。周五早些时候，查尔斯会见了在1966年圭亚那独立前曾在英属圭亚那防卫部队服役的退伍军人。他还参观了独立公园，19世纪该地区最大规模的奴隶起义之一发生后，被奴役者曾在此被公开处决。
After his brief speech, he took a sip from a freshly cut coconut before meeting with Indigenous leaders known as “toshaos.”Earlier on Friday, Charles met veterans who served in the British Guiana defense forces before Guyana gained independence in 1966. He also visited Independence Park, where enslaved people were publicly executed in the 1800s following one of the region’s largest slave revolts.
一些加勒比领导人呼吁英国为奴隶制道歉并支付赔偿，但英国政府一直拒绝这些要求。
Some Caribbean leaders have called on Britain to apologize and pay reparations for slavery , demands the British government has consistently rejected.