New bio-safety policy needed

Jennifer Bentick

Minister of Natural Re-sources and the Environment Robert Persaud says drafting and implementing a new National Bio-Safety policy is vital to sustaining and safeguarding Guyana’s biodiversity wealth.

He was speaking at the first stakeholders consultation held on Wednesday.

According to a Govern-ment Information Agency (GINA) report, consultations started after Persaud mandated the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with stakeholders to refine; formulate and propose for implementation