Amid the construction of a water reservoir at Nappi in Region Nine and large-scale agricultural plans, the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) and others have expressed concern about the fate of wetlands in the area and have written to President David Granger seeking their protection.
A statement on March 29th by the NRDDB and the Guyana Policy Forum (GPF) said that recent calls by North Rupununi communities for adjustments to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme must be heeded and steps taken to address their concerns.
The statement noted
