Local businessman Howard Bulkan says his company’s application to lease 10 acres of land along the Linden-Lethem road to process timber was denied and he has contrasted this with the fact that the authorities have given out millions of acres of virgin forest lands to Asians who simply export unprocessed logs.
“The GFC (Guyana Forestry Commission) can give out millions of acres of virgin forest lands to Asians who are simply exporting unprocessed round logs, but a Guyanese manufacturer cannot lease 10 acres in his own country,” Bulkan said in a letter published in the Christmas Day edition of Stabroek News. He said that an explanation was requested from Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud but they only got an acknowledgement of their letter from the ministry’s permanent secretary.
Relating the sequence of events, Bulkan said that his company, Superior Shingles & Wood Products Inc. (SSWP), has plans to develop a 10-acre, timber processing depot approximately 40 miles along the Linden-Lethem (Mabura) road. “This processing depot will help small wallaba suppliers in the
