Toolsie Persaud Timber Traders applies for large-scale logging permit

Toolsie Persaud Timber Traders Inc has tendered an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorisation to undertake large-scale logging in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni).

A notice in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek said that the proposed area of logging is on the Right Bank of the Cuyuni River, Left Bank of the Puruni River, Left Bank of the Ekabago River, Right Bank of the Mara-Mara River.

The notice said that the project would entail felling, extraction of timber and