Month: July 2014

Amerindian concerns over Bai Shan Lin legitimate – APNU

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A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) executive member with shadow responsibility for Public Works and Transportation, Joseph Harmon, is contending that the concerns  that the Amerindians have over the Chinese company Bai Shan Lin having logging concessions on their land title, is a legitimate one.Amerindian leaders of communities along the Rewa and Essequibo Rivers in … Read more

Amerindian leaders demand clamp of Bai Shan Lin’s permit –  Want full details of proposed logging concession in Region Nine

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Amerindian leaders of communities along the Rewa and Essequibo Rivers in Region Nine are demanding to know the nature, location and scale of proposed logging concessions for Chinese company Bai Shan Lin.And as such they want the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to “cease forthwith” any further processing of the Bai Shan Lin permit.Their demand is … Read more

Robert Persaud tells Parlaimentary Committee…Bai Shan Lin’s forest claims bogus

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Chinese company, Bai Shan Lin, does not have access to close to a million hectares of rainforest in Guyana as part of its mega investment plans, Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud said yesterday.“It is wrong; it is misleading. And if Bai Shan Lin is saying that, it should withdraw it— and withdraw it immediately, … Read more

Bai Shan Lin under fire ‘fleecing’ Region Ten

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Bai Shan Lin has again come under fire from Region Ten Chairman, Sharma Solomon, this time for a breach of faith.There was an understanding that was entered into between the company and the Region, that concessionary measures would be granted for the company to have its trucks use the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge, to transport laterite from … Read more