Bulkan is uninformed about Guyana’s forestry sector

TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,

Permit me to respond to Janette Bulkan’s recent letter, “Why is the GFC not monitoring the export of high-value logs by Asian companies?”

Zero marks to some sections of the media for the publication of misleading, unsubstantiated, irresponsible and unprofessional information regarding the Bai Shan Lin (BSL) logging company, which forms the basis for Bulkan’s letter after her emergence from oblivion.

Bulkan in her letter has given Kaieteur News full marks for the publication of wicked and erroneous information to the public about BSL, which is a Chinese logging company investing in our forest sector.

But this is not surprising, since both the Kaieteur News and Bulkan are known anti-government people who do not want to see Guyana’s development through foreign investments.

It is publicly known that they are fighting a losing battle, hence they are only wasting their time writing and publishing misleading and bogus claims about the Government, its ministers, and state agencies where the sustainable management of Guyana’s forestry sector is concerned.

Bulkan wants to know why the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is not monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) the haemorrhage of high-value logs by Bai Shan Lin and other Asian log traders. This is simply an example of one of Bulkan’s claims in her letter and more so that she is absolutely uninformed about Guyana’s forest situation which is effectively and sustainably managed by the GFC.

In this regard, the use of the word “haemorrhage” by Bulkan is totally not relevant and is therefore misleading. But for Bulkan’s information Guyana’s MRV system is currently in progress, according to its road map for Guyana’s forest assessments.

Bulkan’s offering as usual is saturated with lies and assumptions in relation to Guyana’s forest sector and its management. I will not deal with these bogus claims. James Singh, Forest Export and Commissioner of Forests of the GFC has already adequately, competently and professionally dealt with them in the media.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Persaud

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