The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has ordered the Upper Pomeroon Amerindian community of Kabakaburi to immediately cease all logging activities, which it has been accused of carrying out on state-owned land.
This dispute has been ongoing for more than 12 years and the GFC ordered that all works on the disputed areas be halted until a resolution.
At the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) meeting on Tuesday in Anna Regina, Toshao Cleveland Simon said that the order by the GFC has severely affected his community.