Background Guyana’s forest covers approximately 85% of the country and is estimated at 18.475 million hectares (Guyana Monitoring Reporting and Verifications System (MRVS) Interim Measures Report, 27 January, 2015). It contains over 5GtCO2 in above ground biomass. The second most important source of carbon dioxide emissions world-wide comes from…
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, August 23, 2018 Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman headed a delegation of Natural Resources officials during a meeting with Congressmen and military officials of the United States. The meeting was held on Wednesday, August 22, at the Ministry of Natural Resources office on Duke Street, Kingston,…
“Government’s position is that no expense will be spared, no effort will be spared, to ensure the wellbeing of every single worker and everyone who comes into contact with mercury.” DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, August 22, 2018 This was stated by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman at a press conference…
DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, August 21, 2018 The Ministry of Natural Resources held a public lecture last evening on Affordable Mercury-Free Solutions for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Miners in Guyana. The talk was facilitated by Canadian instructor Bruce Marshall who is a post-doctoral fellow in Mining Engineering from the…
