Law Compliance and Prevention and Control of Illegal Activities in the Forest Sector in Guyana : Preliminary Report Prepared for the World Bank
Guyana is the only English speaking country in South America, is located on the Atlantic seaboard of north-eastern South America. It extends 800 km south from latitude 88 degree N on the Atlantic coast to latitude 1 degree N and some 480 km east to...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/847641468255880242/Law-compliance-and-prevention-and-control-of-illegal-activities-in-the-forest-sector-in-Guyana-preliminary-report-prepared-for-the-World-Bank http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36685 |
| Summary: | Guyana is the only English speaking
country in South America, is located on the Atlantic
seaboard of north-eastern South America. It extends 800 km
south from latitude 88 degree N on the Atlantic coast to
latitude 1 degree N and some 480 km east to west between
longitudes 57 degree and 61 degree W. It has an area of
about 215,000 km. The total population is some 750,000 made
of 45 percent Indian descent, 37 percent Afro-Caribbean, 7
percent Amerindian and 11 percent of Chinese, European, and
mixed descent. Population and commercial agriculture is
concentrated along the coastal strip. In 2004 Guyana had a
Gross National Income per capita of US$990 (globally ranked
146th) according to World Bank data. Other sectors involved
in the custody of the land and natural resources have also
received considerable support during the same period. The
key sector agencies involved in natural resource management,
the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), the Guyana Geology and
Mines Commission and the Guyana lands and surveys
commission, are working on a long-term collaboration to
develop a national land use plan for Guyana. In the
short-term, the agencies are reaching an understanding and
accord on land management particularly where resources
overlap and exploitation can cause intersectoral conflicts
(such as gold-mining and forestry). |
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