Guyana, Fragile Frontier: Loggers, Miners, and Forest Peoples

Guyana Fragile Frontier Loggers Miners and Forest Peoples Guyana s environment is in danger of wholesale destruction In the name of economic liberalization this small indebted country is promoting a dramatic escalation of logging mining and other forms of

Guyana s environment is in danger of wholesale destruction In the name of economic liberalization, this small, indebted country is promoting a dramatic escalation of logging, mining and other forms of extraction In the 1990s, millions of hectares of rainforest have been leased to foreign companies for logging, while gold mining is going through a new and devastating boomGuyana s environment is in danger of wholesale destruction In the name of economic liberalization, this small, indebted country is promoting a dramatic escalation of logging, mining and other forms of extraction In the 1990s, millions of hectares of rainforest have been leased to foreign companies for logging, while gold mining is going through a new and devastating boom The Omai gold mine disaster of August 1995 was dramatic evidence of the potential for catastrophe.