The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) believes that in the matter of the approximately US$20 million which the country will probably not be able to collect under its forest protection agreement with Norway on account of increased levels of deforestation, the mining sector may have a virtually clear conscience.
The association’s Administrator Colin Sparman told Stabroek Business in a telephone interview on Wednesday that while gold-mining operations in interior regions have become a major factor in the clearance of trees, the mining sector, or at least much of it, is guided in its forest clearance pursuits by the letter