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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.
PRESS RELEASE GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Natural Resources has noted the recent media coverage emanating from a report compiled by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) regarding environmental degradation due to gold mining activities. We can confirm that the Minister of Natural Resources has ordered a team comprising…
PRESS RELEASE GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Natural Resources takes umbrage with a false and mischievous publication of an article headlined ‘$20 million dollar bribe allegedly pass to allow for the operation of a single oil and gas school’, published yesterday Tuesday April 11, 2017 in an online media…
