THE LIES OF NORWAY IS BEING SLOWLY DISCOVERED
Guyana is poor, the country needs jobs, foreign exchange and tax revenues. And there are plenty of takers for the natural resources that await plunder in delivering these benefits.
Since years ago, Norway has promised, but has failed to deliver, and now it seems that they are playing games with the Government of Guyana, it is time that the Guayana Government sees this for what it is, and call the bluff of the Norwegians. They have failed to honor their contract making them a not trustworthy partner in believing that Funds will be delivered to Guyana to ensure development continues.
The pressures of preserving the forest is now becoming irrestable......as many countries needs our lumber, and also many citizens of Guyana needs the arable land to embark on Cattle and other Ranches, so the Government needs to take note of this as the lies of Norway is slowly being discovered.
Since Brazil has cracked down on deforestation, the loggers, ranchers and soya farmers there have been looking for other places to expand their industries. Guyana is next door, connected by a new road and a prime target, but fortunately so far there has so far been no major incursion. Part of the reason is because Guyana's President Bharat Jagdeo has been able to hold the line politically, with the intention that Norway will stop lying and deliver on their promises. Since the Norwegians Promises are not forthcoming, we need to tell them point blank to go screw themselves.
Guyana has been doing its part to restrain the plunder of the Rain Forest, but there is so much one can ask Guyana to do, whilst funds are needed for development.
There are plans for a new hydropower dam that will flood 45 square kilometres of forest. It will lead to the loss of 0.05% of the country's forest and is by any standard a major project. There has also been forest loss to gold mining. In the last year forest clearance has nearly tripled, mainly because of an expansion of this industry, from about 40 square kilometres to about 110. It is important, however, to put this change into the context of a tiny original deforestation rate â at six hundredths of 1% per annum, Guyana's present rate of forest loss is about 95% below the global average. With forest nearly the size of England and Scotland combined, the total loss from the dam and mining will lead to the equivalent of 10% of Norfolk being deforested. And the very fact that we know this is a major step forward. Both the low deforestation rate and the rapid rate of change were revealed by satellite monitoring funded from the first tranche of Norwegian money claimed to have been paid since last year and unto now Guyana has not received a red cent.
So I think that if it is our own interest to chop the forest, export the timbers, clear the land for arable farming then it is time that the Guyana Government reconsider their deals with the Norweigans, as Guyana cannot live on promises and then more promises.
Guyana has sent a signal â and it is being heard. One consequence is seen in the fact that land-hungry natural resource companies looking for space in which to expand agriculture and logging are heading toward neighbouring Surinam. That country has no such deal with Norway, or anyone else for that matter, and unfortunately business as usual prevails there.
IT IS TIME THAT THE PPP/C GIVES NORWAY A TIMELINE TO DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISES OR JUST FORGET ABOUT SAVING GUYANA RAINFORESTS:
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Guyana is poor, the country needs jobs, foreign exchange and tax revenues. And there are plenty of takers for the natural resources that await plunder in delivering these benefits.
Since years ago, Norway has promised, but has failed to deliver, and now it seems that they are playing games with the Government of Guyana, it is time that the Guayana Government sees this for what it is, and call the bluff of the Norwegians. They have failed to honor their contract making them a not trustworthy partner in believing that Funds will be delivered to Guyana to ensure development continues.
The pressures of preserving the forest is now becoming irrestable......as many countries needs our lumber, and also many citizens of Guyana needs the arable land to embark on Cattle and other Ranches, so the Government needs to take note of this as the lies of Norway is slowly being discovered.
Since Brazil has cracked down on deforestation, the loggers, ranchers and soya farmers there have been looking for other places to expand their industries. Guyana is next door, connected by a new road and a prime target, but fortunately so far there has so far been no major incursion. Part of the reason is because Guyana's President Bharat Jagdeo has been able to hold the line politically, with the intention that Norway will stop lying and deliver on their promises. Since the Norwegians Promises are not forthcoming, we need to tell them point blank to go screw themselves.
Guyana has been doing its part to restrain the plunder of the Rain Forest, but there is so much one can ask Guyana to do, whilst funds are needed for development.
There are plans for a new hydropower dam that will flood 45 square kilometres of forest. It will lead to the loss of 0.05% of the country's forest and is by any standard a major project. There has also been forest loss to gold mining. In the last year forest clearance has nearly tripled, mainly because of an expansion of this industry, from about 40 square kilometres to about 110. It is important, however, to put this change into the context of a tiny original deforestation rate â at six hundredths of 1% per annum, Guyana's present rate of forest loss is about 95% below the global average. With forest nearly the size of England and Scotland combined, the total loss from the dam and mining will lead to the equivalent of 10% of Norfolk being deforested. And the very fact that we know this is a major step forward. Both the low deforestation rate and the rapid rate of change were revealed by satellite monitoring funded from the first tranche of Norwegian money claimed to have been paid since last year and unto now Guyana has not received a red cent.
So I think that if it is our own interest to chop the forest, export the timbers, clear the land for arable farming then it is time that the Guyana Government reconsider their deals with the Norweigans, as Guyana cannot live on promises and then more promises.
Guyana has sent a signal â and it is being heard. One consequence is seen in the fact that land-hungry natural resource companies looking for space in which to expand agriculture and logging are heading toward neighbouring Surinam. That country has no such deal with Norway, or anyone else for that matter, and unfortunately business as usual prevails there.
IT IS TIME THAT THE PPP/C GIVES NORWAY A TIMELINE TO DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISES OR JUST FORGET ABOUT SAVING GUYANA RAINFORESTS:
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