The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Wednesday inked a $3M agreement to sensitise miners and their communities about the effects of mining on the environment.
At a grant signing ceremony, WWF’s Regional Gold Mining Pollution Abatement Officer Rickford Vieira informed that the money—$ 2.4 from the WWF and the remaining $600,000 from the GGDMA—will be used to carry out sensitisation sustainability programmes for residents of Potaro, Mazuruni, Cuyuni, Tamakay, Omai, Bartica, Port Kaituma, Aranka and Puruni.
Vieira also stated that coastal villages such as Mocha Arcadia and Ann’s Grove along with the Region 10 communities of