圣胡安，波多黎各 — 英国国王查尔斯三世周五在访问圭亚那期间，呼吁更多国家重视自然价值，并赞扬该国在保护其广袤森林的同时，通过出售碳信用额赚取了数百万美元。
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.
查尔斯表示，寻找衡量自然价值的方法仍是一项挑战。“大家都在争论值多少钱。其实，它是无价的。这就是答案，”他在首都乔治敦与总统伊尔凡·阿里会晤时说道。
Charles said finding ways to value nature remained a challenge.“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描述的无休止的森林砍伐，警告称这“完全损害了我们的未来和他人的未来，以及我们的健康”。“大自然确实拥有解决一切问题的最佳方案，”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.
查尔斯于周四抵达圭亚那，这是他为期九天的加勒比海之行的一部分。他先前访问了巴哈马，并定于周五晚间抵达安提瓜，随后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.
阿里赞扬了查尔斯在自然、气候和环境问题上的领导力，以及他对低碳发展战略的支持。“近二十年后，圭亚那展示了什么是可能的，”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，希望其他国家能效仿圭亚那的榜样，共同应对我们面临的“巨大生存威胁”。
King Charles said he hoped other countries would follow Guyana’s example in confronting the “enormous existential threats we face.”
2009年，挪威同意提供2.5亿美元，帮助保护圭亚那1800万公顷的森林。
In 2009, Norway agreed to provide $250 million to help protect Guyana’s 18 million hectares of forest.
近年来，圭亚那通过碳信用额销售已赚取3.53亿美元。2022年11月，它成为首个依据旨在减少温室气体排放的全球标准发行此类信用额的国家。
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，美国赫斯公司——圭亚那近海石油领域的合作伙伴——同意在未来十年内购买价值7.5亿美元的碳信用额。
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.
圭亚那政府承诺将30%的收益用于原住民美洲印第安人社区的发展项目。“我们的雄心不断扩大，涵盖生物多样性、可持续城市以及人与自然之间更好的关系，”阿里说。在简短的讲话之后，他喝了一口刚砍开的椰子水，然后会见了被称为“托沙奥”的原住民领袖。周五早些时候，查尔斯会见了在圭亚那于1966年独立之前曾在英属圭亚那国防军服役的退伍军人。
Guyana’s government pledged to set aside 30% of the proceeds for development projects in Indigenous Amerindian communities.“Our ambitions continue to grow, to encompass biodiversity, sustainable cities, and a better relationship between people and nature,” Ali said. 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.
他还参观了独立公园，1800年代，该地区最大规模的奴隶起义之一之后，被奴役的人曾在那里被公开处决。一些加勒比领导人曾呼吁英国为奴隶制道歉并支付赔偿金，英国政府始终拒绝这些要求。
He also visited Independence Park, where enslaved people were publicly executed in the 1800s following one of the region’s largest slave revolts. Some Caribbean leaders have called on Britain to apologize and pay reparations for slavery, demands the British government has consistently rejected.