Residents of Mabaruma have agreed to have century-old rubber trees felled after an evaluation report by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) recommended that they be removed immediately due to their decayed state.
This was disclosed by Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley, who told Stabroek News yesterday that the GFC’s recommendation was that the trees be removed as soon as possible because of their state which would eventually result in the trees falling on their own.
Following a public backlash regarding the cutting down of the rubber trees, the Mabaruma Town Council decided to engage forestry experts to determine whether the trees were a physical threat to the persons living in the town.