{"id":26628,"date":"2025-02-20T14:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26628"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:49:27","slug":"ministry-of-natural-resources-to-ramp-up-land-reclamation-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-natural-resources-to-ramp-up-land-reclamation-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Natural Resources to Ramp Up Land Reclamation Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>February 1, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources will intensify its land reclamation efforts and enhance monitoring in mining districts to curb environmental infractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Vickram Bharrat made the announcement while detailing his ministry\u2019s budgetary allocations in the Committee of Supply on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, an additional $300 million has been allocated for land reclamation and restoration, following a similar investment last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Bharrat highlighted the successful restoration of 30 acres in Wismar, Linden, where over 2,000 seedlings have been planted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that more than 100 temporary and permanent jobs were created, and reclamation expenses\u2014typically ranging between $15 to $20 million per acre\u2014have been reduced to under $10 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, land reclamation projects will continue in Region 10 and expand to Region 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To strengthen monitoring, the ministry plans to integrate advanced technology to improve oversight of mining activities across remote interior regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, the Committee of Supply approved $3.6 billion for the Ministry of Natural Resources, supporting ongoing projects and initiatives aimed at sustainable mining and environmental conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickFebruary 1, 2025 The Ministry of Natural Resources will intensify its land reclamation efforts and enhance monitoring in mining districts to curb environmental infractions. Minister Vickram Bharrat made&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,360,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-energy","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26629,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26628\/revisions\/26629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}