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Aug 18, 2017 Letters
Dear Editor,
I wish to make the public aware of the many issues which have played the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) this abusive and unacceptable performance continues unabatedly. On the 07th August, 2017, 2500bm purple hear lumber mysteriously disappeared. The disappearance of this lumber was only discovered on the 10th August, 2017 by the four man team attached to this outpost.
On the 15th August, 2017 at 42km Buckhall road, 3 washiba and a purple heart logs were illegally harvested, a 51 still chainsaw was also seized during the find. The person found harvesting these logs admitted working with a certain man that works under authorization from another company working the ramps once held by BaiShanLin. It is a deliberate strategy to harvest these logs illegally then report it to GFC with the intention of buying them at a very low cost. This incident was also reported by Mr. J. John in a previous letter to the press, he also lost his lumber despite being in possession of the custody form for these products issued by GFC.
Editor, this man is no stranger to GFC; he is an ex-forestry officer and was also involved in the illegal harvesting of 20,000bm washiba lumber from a certain concession in 2015. When pressured by forestry officers for minor mistakes and other issues, he would normally say that his boss and the commission’s big wigs are friends and no one can stop him.
I am of the opinion that there is collusion between the officers from the 46km Forestry Outpost and this individual. Neither the purple heart logs were reported as discovered. It is obvious that conflict of interest do exist at GFC. We are calling on GFC to be professional and politically neutral with high integrity for effective management and administration, so as to rebuild trust and confidence for the good of all.
We further recognize that it is the toil, sweat and sacrifices of we, the workers that are responsible for whatever achievements the GFC have made and success you enjoy, but more importantly, we are concerned about our future, our children’s future and the future of our country.
Editor, every productive sector is on the decline. In the sugar industry, estates are being closed and thousands are being dismissed. In the rice sector, they are no new markets, and no competitive price is being offered for paddy. In the mining sector, small and medium scale miners can no longer afford the cost of production. In the commercial sector, there is drastic decline in trade and commerce and in the forestry sector only the big players survive with the help of those in authority.
I am hereby calling for an urgent investigation into the operations of a certain man and the 46km Forestry Outpost and I call on readers to put themselves in our shoes in the campaign to have these problems rectified as soon as possible.
S. Yearwood
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