The minister takes a stand on forestry

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The minister takes a stand on forestry
Stabroek News, Wednesday, October 24th 2007

Dear Editor,

Congratulations to Mr. Robert Persaud for his stand on the forestry
fraud including the fines and suspended concessions. It is a joy to
know that a minister is finally doing his job. Let us congratulate him,
he seems to be one of the few that is getting the job done.

We must now ensure that the fines are paid by Barama and we also need
to seriously examine whether these are grounds for termination of their
concessions.

As regards the local operators, their concessions should be
confiscated. They have been doing this for a long time. I attach a
picture taken at Supenaam. This is a popular sight almost every week
and the same happens at Charity too.

We must get down to business and get serious about this issue. There
are lots of alternatives to destroying our forest.

Yours faithfully,

Vincent Ferreira