China Paper Corporation is likely to import some amount of foreign labour for its tree plantation in the intermediate savannahs, should the US$205 million project be cleared to proceed by the authorities.
Standard Agro-Forestry Inc. – which is wholly owned by China Paper – has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Environ-mental Autho-rization to develop a Tree Plantation and Agricultural project on 52,995 hectares of intermediate savannahs situated west of the Berbice River. The parcels of land are located in Regions Five and Ten.
In a document, ‘Com-prehensive development and business plan for fast growing tree plantation and agricultural project,’