Guyana’s greenheart log exports still ‘on hold’, says ITTO

Robert Persaud

Export of greenheart logs from Guyana continues to be ‘on hold’ in the face of the sustained high demand for the species on the local market to meet the needs of the domestic building programme.

The international Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) which has been reporting the cessation of greenheart log exports in successive fortnightly reports for some time now has restated this in its most recent report covering the period September 1-15, 2011.

The cessation of greenheart log