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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 UPPER MAZARUNI, Guyana – The Ministry of Natural Resources has again partnered with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a clean-up exercise, this time in Kamarang, Upper Mazaruni, Region 7 from March 1 – 4, 2017. On March Wednesday March…
PRESS RELEASE GEORGETOWN, Guyana- The Ministry of Natural Resources notes the article published by news outlet Demerara Waves headlined ‘Suriname unprepared to refine Guyana’s oil’ yesterday’s March 6, 2017 and in the Kaieteur News headlined ‘Suriname refinery unable to process Guyana’s oil type – Boss’ in today’s March 7, 2017…
