With over 87 percent forest cover, Guyana boasts one of the best forest management systems in the world, said Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, M.P on Monday. Minister Bharrat was at the time delivering remarks at the launching of a week of activities in commemoration of International Day…
Guyana and the European Union (EU) on Thursday, agreed on a detailed roadmap for implementing the Guyana-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which aims to improve forest governance and verify the trade in legal timber. The aide-mémoire was signed by Minister of Natural Resources,…
Forest Products Development and Marketing Council – Proposed Price List 2022 Logs: GR 13 Specific Grade Low Quality Small Sawmill Quality Fair Sawmill Quality Standard Sawmill Quality Superior Sawmill Quality First Peeler Quality Species Minimum Price (US$ per m3) Minimum Price (US$ per m3) Minimum Price (US$ per m3) Minimum…
From a grossly mismanaged sector that was on the verge of collapse, the forestry sector under the PPP/C Government which took office in August 2020, has made a turnaround. The government chanelled $350 million into the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to cover operational costs and wages for staff for the…