The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has welcomed the action taken by the Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, to conduct a rapid assessment of the damage caused by gold-mining to major river systems in the interior.
On April 18, the Ministry of Natural Resources said that officers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had been ordered to the Puruni and Mazaruni areas in Region Seven to investigate reports of severe mining pollution of rivers there.
The move by the Ministry followed an April 13th statement by the GHRA charging that there was serious mining pollution in the rivers of the Upper Mazaruni.
In a statement yesterday, GHRA said that the