The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is still to release its findings on the status of a controversial new road that would go past Parabara, in Region Nine, and for which the Bartica miner responsible had obtained the consent of the leader of the community.
Preparatory activities for construction of the road started a few months ago and according to several persons with knowledge of the situation the road would have crossed the Kuyuwini River and lead towards the Upper Essequibo. Reports about the road have prompted concern since it would be located in one of Guyana’s most pristine and biodiversity rich areas in the Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo region.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has acknowledged that it had received reports of