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Discrepancies in govt. stories
Dear Editor,
Demerara Waves internet radio reported on 20 March that, “the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has denied responsibility for screening containers of logs for export, instead saying that was the work of the Customs and Trade Administration”.
How does this denial square with the statement of junior Minister for Forestry Robert Persaud reported on 09 December 2006 that, “the GFC will be carrying out, with immediate effect, 100% verification of all exports” (SN, “Forestry transfer pricing probe on – Commissioner Singh – Barama, Jialing to come under close scrutiny”; Guyana Chronicle “Forest over extraction claim is a myth – minister declares”)?
Also, if the container with bags of cocaine was holding 130 logs, that implies an average log size of 0.2 m3 or 85 board feet.
That implies trees were cut below the minimum felling diameter of 34 cm at breast height (section 16 and the third schedule in the Forest Regulations 1953).
If the GFC argues that the logs now being exported are harvested from lands being stripped of forest and top soil for bauxite mining, how is it that bauxite exports have not soared?
Janette Bulkan
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