Stakeholders, including organisations and individuals in Georgetown, who may want to make submissions and recommendations for the revision of the 2006 Amerindian Act, will have the opportunity to do so on May 21st and May 22nd.
David James, Special Assistant with responsibility for Legal Issues in the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MOIPA), told Stabroek News on Tuesday that Indigenous peoples’ organisations stakeholders in the natural resources sector, such as forestry and mining, are being invited to make submissions. Among them are the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association and the Guyana Women Miners Organisation.
Also being invited are coastal-based Indigenous peoples organisations, including the National Toshaos Council, the Amerindian Peoples Association, the Guyana Organisation of Indigenous Peoples, and National Amerindian Development Foundation.