The M
inistry of Natural Resources (MNR) as it is known was established on December 17, 2011 as the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) with a primary focus of harmonizing policy and management in the Natural resources-based sectors. However, following the appointment of the new Government in May 2015, the institutional structure of the MNRE changed and it became a Department of Natural Resources and Environment under the purview of the Ministry of Presidency. A second change occurred on January 18, 2016 which saw the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment transformed to into the Ministry of Natural Resources.
The Ministry of Natural Resources gratefully acknowledges assistance from the Carter Center through a grant from the U.S. Embassy to support Guyana’s bid to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). EITI is an international standard for the good governance of revenues derived from oil, gas, mining and other natural…
NEW YORK, USA – Honourable Raphael G.C. Trotman M.P., Minister of Natural Resources, told a United Nations Ocean Conference being held in New York, USA that the health of oceans is a concern to all given the fact that oceans and seas cover nearly three quarters of the earth’s surface…
