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As questions arise over a proposal for gold and diamond miners to give six months notice before any activities, government says the idea is to increase greater coordination between the forestry sector and the mining sector.Prime Minister,Barry Sanders Oklahoma State Jersey, Sam Hinds, in a statement yesterday, explained that the need to coordinate mining and timber operations in Guyana’s forests was recognized more than twenty years ago.“The government of the day moved in the direction of giving to the holders of Timber Sales Agreements (TSAs), the right to be provided notice of, as well as the right of ‘first refusal’ to, any proposed mining within the area covered by the Timber Sales Agreement (TSA).”However, Hinds said, that direction was deemed to be unfair to miners, and the present administration managed to have those intended rights put in abeyance whilst officials gained further experience on this potential conflict area.For the foreseeable future, the world will remain engaged in mining, the official stressed. “Mines cannot be located simply wherever someone would prefer them to be. Mines are developed where economic bodies of minerals happen to be found. Mining is usually preceded by some degree of prospecting. The social and environmental impacts of formal prospecting are minimal, compared with that of actual mining. Whilst, generally, the whole country is open to prospecting, quantities of economic resources may be found, on average, only over about 5% of the land area.”According to the Prime Minister, at times, these may be along certain geological features where 50%, or more, of the area may be economically minable.“One acknowledged challenge to small- and medium-scale mining in Guyana is that, hitherto, prospecting and mining were largely merged. Now, however, they must be separated sufficiently. “Until now, Hinds said, the conflict between mining and surface activities has escaped much notice because miners often have been pioneers, advancing to where there is little surface activity, besides hunting and gathering.“Where, and when, settlements and other activities develop later, the mine already in place would be an accepted fact. In Guyana, the development of the bauxite mines, at MacKenzie, is an example,Cheap Ole Miss Rebels Jerseys, and gold-mining at Madhia is another.”In an effort to resolve the potential conflict between the miners and the timber operators, the TSAs under which the timber companies, namely Barama and CRL, were established, at the end of the 1980s, sought to give these timber companies the right of ‘first refusal’ to any proposed mining within the area covered by the TSA.Under this arrangement, GGMC would have been required to bring any intention to mine to the attention of the Timber Operator who could then choose to pursue the mining.This solution, the government official said, favoured the timber operator too much,Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jerseys, and over a number of years discussions and arrangements were held.However, the potential conflict between mining and timber operations did not go away, but has been intensifying through the last decade.“It has been clear that the International Forest Certifying companies would prefer that there be no small- and medium-scale mining in forests to be certified. They have studiously avoided invitations to propose standard practices for small- and medium-scale mining which they would find acceptable.”The Prime Minister said that over the last decade, the disparity between what is prescribed for timber operators and what miners can do, has been intensifying.“Timber operators are required to develop inventories of all trees of a diameter greater than fourteen (14) inches at breast height, and are allowed to fell no more than six (6) to eight (8) trees, or eight (8) cubic metres, per acre, once every 60 years,Everett Golson Notre Dame Jersey, or half of that allowable amount every 30 years. Thus, timber operators are virtually required to obtain pre-approval from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) before felling any tree. On the other hand, miners have been allowed to continue felling trees as they have perceived the need.”The Prime Minister stressed that the proposed six months’ notice of intention to mine is not intended to give the GFC a veto in mining but, rather, it is meant to allow the GFC, and the timber operator, to integrate into their plans the clear felling which would accompany the intended mining.“Nor is the proposal to be implemented immediately. Rather, His Excellency, the President, established a group chaired by Minister Robeson Benn, formerly a Commissioner of the GGMC, and which includes leading officers of both the GGMC and GFC, as well as members and officers of the GGDMA nominated by the latter, to study how the proposal may be put into effect.”Hinds pointed out that with or without the Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), greater coordination between the timber and mining operations was required and inevitable.“Our approach has been designed to promote co-operation,Kirk Herbstreit Ohio State Jersey, for mutual benefits, amongst all who live and work in our forests.This remains the direction in which we will continue to work. It is my belief that small- and medium-scale gold and diamond mining can survive and prosper in Guyana,Lebron James Ohio State Jersey, once the natural anxieties about changes are overcome and minds are opened to seeking,Sam Bradford Oklahoma Jersey, finding, and trying, new ways.”