Comprehensive wildlife bill tabled

Government has tabled comprehensive legislation intended to ensure Gu-yana’s compliance with the Convention on the Interna-tional Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) for the export of the country’s wildlife and the import of species from abroad.

The Wildlife Import and Export Bill 2013 went to the House on December 12, 2013 where it was read for a first time.

The passage of the Bill will see the establishment of the Wildlife Import and Export Authority and this will be