Government is moving to accelerate the process of titling and demarcating Amer-indian lands and Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai recently visited Rivers View in Region Seven to commence the investigative phase of the process.
The minister was accompanied by a team of officials from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and other personnel, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a release.
At a meeting community leaders and residents were informed about the land titling and demarcation procedure as legislated in the 2006 Amerindian Act.
The Act serves to enable the process of requesting titling, demarcation and extension of Amerindian lands which they occupy and use. It also provides an important mechanism in community decisions based on participation of all residents, the release added.
Minister Sukhai described the process as a “progressive step …from which the Amerindian communities both in the hinterland and coastal areas are benefiting.”
According to GINA, she said that although some Amerindian communities do not yet own the land which they occupy because they do not possess the necessary documentation, government has ensured that those communities are registered once they have a population of more than 150 and have been established for more than 25 years.
