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.
PRESS RELEASE GEORGETOWN, Guyana – On Friday March 10, 2017, a team from GAICO Construction and General Services Inc. and experts paid a courtesy call to Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Raphael G.C. Trotman, M.P., at his office in Brickdam. GAICO is a local company that is expanding its services…
PRESS RELEASE MAZARUNI, Guyana: As part of its Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Gold Mining Sector project, the Ministry of Natural Resources coordinated with the University of Guyana and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to deliver a training workshop on mining with the environment in mind. The training workshop…
