The EPA has hailed the international day for mangroves being observed today but did so without uttering a word on the large acreage of the salt water-tolerant shrub which was recently demolished with the government’s approval to make way for an oil and gas shore base.
In a message in yesterday’s Guyana Times marking International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem/Mangrove Day, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) noted that there are three main species in Guyana and listed their attributes.
“There are three main species of mangroves in Guyana, Avicennia germinans (black mangrove), Rhizophora mangle (red mangrove), and Laguncularia racemosa (white mangrove).
