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Leave Guyana’s trees alone
DEAR EDITOR,
When we see headlines emblazoning our newspapers about leading “logging” in any “region”, it is a patent denial of the much touted “Low Carbon” policy fostered by the Kingdom of Norway. Evidently denudation of our Forests is an ongoing feature of the Guyana life.
Another distinct feature of these reports which seemingly brag about the volume of natural product – never a word is uttered concerning what money is earned by the nation. To make things worse, workers occupied in the logging, mining, and the advent of oil and gas industries, pay taxes on their labour. This action is effectively subsidizing the purchase of the very export they already own.
The State vainly compensates its coffers after being short-changed by the buyer. Of course this should not happen, but the effect punishes the already deprived citizen.
Natural products require constitutional protection against exploitative practices and erroneous disadvantageous taxation. The removal of trees ought to be categorised as a crime against humanity and certainly against a World Heritage Site.
No one will thank you for destroying your own country. Neither are they impressed with anybody’s ostentatious hypocrisy. The nation must be informed on amounts paid or any exported product. We hear loud references about “first oil”, is there anything said towards “First Oil Money?” For Guyana, a rather comical term. Truth is, First Oil was in the ground from the first day of creation.
Those who wish to live in a treeless country are encouraged to reside in places of the Middle East and such like. Leave Guyana’s trees alone.
Guyanese need to see our country as being stripped and drained of its vitals. A spirit of nationalism is needed throughout South America. As at date of writing, the world of fire fighters must descend on the Amazon in order to save the entire world. Send out the SOS.
John De Barros
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