Guyanese experts yesterday began tapping into knowledge on how to cushion the country from the ill-effects of oil exploration and exploitation with Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud emphasizing that Guyana will not sacrifice environmental safety for wealth.
“We will not sacrifice the environment on the altar of prosperity but rather to see that mutual co existence…we can have that level of harmony that balance that is so necessary. Drawing from the experiences and the roads travelled by others we believe that we can do a better job” said the Minister.
The occasion was a workshop on `Managing the Early Phases of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration:
Environmental Risk Mitigation’ being conducted by several American experts from January 22- 24 at the Cara Lodge on Quamina Street.
The workshop, under the auspices of the US embassy here, is being conducted by experts of the US Department of the
