Guyana led the way in developing the “economics of trees” and citizens must be proud of the collective achievements, President Bharrat Jagdeo has said but he warned of the consequences if forests are considered in isolation from climate policies.
“If we look at forests in isolation from climate policy then we’ll be making a serious mistake,” Jagdeo said in the feature address at a symposium to mark the Inter-national Year of Forests at the International Convention Centre at Liliendaal yesterday.
Jagdeo pointed out that some industrialised countries focus on forest preservation but their climate change policy is atrocious and would lead to the destruction of the world. He explained that these countries would allocate money for
