Amerindian communities to benefit from US$16.7M over next three years

Apr 05, 2014 News

Government’s agenda for titling and demarcating Amerindian village lands remains a priority. As such, US$10.7M has been allocated to be expended over the next three years to address outstanding requests for land titling and demarcation.
This is according to Pauline Sukhai, Minister of Amerindian Affairs during her 2014 Budget debate presentation in the National Assembly on Thursday evening.
The Minister enlightened that the US$10.7M would be derived from the agreement between the Government of Guyana and the Kingdom of Norway. In total, Amerindians stand to benefit from US$16M under this Memorandum of Understanding.
According to Sukhai, presently Amerindians are the largest private land owners with collective rights to over more than 14 percent of Guyana’s land mass. With the investment of the US$10M the numbers of titled villages is expected to increase from 97 to 110. This will complete all applications for communal land titling, including 32 extensions.
“Mr. Speaker, there is no country in the wider international community that can match Guyana’s records regarding land rights and ownership. It is the PPP/Civic that rose to the occasion to ensure that land tenure of Amerindian communities was secured,” she stressed.
Another benefit of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) gained by Amerindians is the development of sustainable economic projects.
She noted that in recognizing the importance of the sustainable utilization of Guyana’s forest resources, the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs played a leading role in the LCDS public awareness and consultation activities.
Ongoing consultations and update activities continue to engage the Amerindian population in explaining the impact, benefits and the level of implementation derived out of this national strategy, the Minister said.
According to Sukhai, US$6M has been allotted for projects that will see economic transformation of Amerindian villages and communities through the creation of low carbon and environmentally friendly projects. These ventures are expected to create jobs.
“Today, Mr. Speaker, Amerindians are blazing the trail with respect to developing a green economy. Over the next three years, 166 villages and communities will directly benefit from this investment fund. Twenty-six villages are in various stages of implementation of their projects and these include agriculture, aquaculture, tourism, logging, village enterprises just to mention a few,” Sukhai said.

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