nvironmentalist Annette Arjoon-Martins yesterday called for sanctions against the company which destroyed a large swathe of mangroves on the West Demerara while in the process of establishing a shore base for the oil and gas industry.
Tristar Incorporated – whose principals are so far unknown – exceeded the amount of mangroves which were permitted to be cut in the Malgre Tout/Versailles area.
Arjoon-Martins, a former chair of the Mangrove Restoration Programme told Stabroek News that as part of the sanctions the developers should be tasked with replanting the coastal shrub, equivalent to two times the amount destroyed in their land clearing activity.
