There is a common assumption that when sustainable forest management (SFM) is not practised the reasons are usually a lack of knowledge or lack of training in applying those techniques. We trace the intermittent development of techniques for SFM in the tropical rain forest of Guyana (South...

This briefing paper is organised with the following sections:1. FDI arrangements for investment, milling, training, proportion of foreign staff2. Unregistered and unapproved changes in ownership structure of the Asian companies/trading of logging concessions3. Illegal renting and managerial...

Corruption is the major factor linking long-term forest harvesting concessions and the government agencies in Guyana, South America, and it is based on the very low forest taxes and high profits on under-declared log exports. Three "rings of power" or social compacts mutually foster the...

Some of the consequences of the revision of Guyana's Mining Act in 1989 that was intended to open up access to international mining companies while safeguarding national mining interests are examined. However, a perverse outcome of the revision was that landlordism or rentier practices in the...