Royal Timbers Inc (RTI) has received environmental authorisation for its logging project in Region Seven.
In a public notice, the EPA announced that Royal Timbers State Forest Exploratory Permit (SFEP) 02/2020 Logging Project, located at Left Bank Mazaruni River, Right Bank Puruni River, Region No. 7, has been approved pursuant to Section 12 of the Environmental Protection Act.
RTI’s concession measures 107,670.54 hectares. The concession was once held by Puruni Wood Products Inc under the SFEP 2004. That company held the concession up to 2007 when its operations were terminated and the area reverted to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC).