GGMC, EPA lead clean-up campaign and awareness sessions in Port Kaituma; persons fined and given citation orders for littering
PRESS RELEASE PORT KAITUMA, Region One –The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region One coordinated a clean-up campaign in the Region One community of Port Kaituma, which culminated with an awareness session on December 8, 2016. As…
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.