A vast swathe of mangroves has been cleared from the eastern bank of the Berbice River adjacent to Crab Island to facilitate the development and construction of Guyana’s first deep water port by Canadian owned CGX Energy Inc.
While the company has announced its intention to preserve some 10 acres mangroves on the 30-acre plot at Corentyne, Berbice it acquired for the project, there has been no disclosure of the percentage of mangroves cleared to date to facilitate the development.
A visit to the location last week by this newspaper revealed that preparatory works have been progressing at the location and aerial images that were commissioned showed land filling was underway.
