MR. Joseph Harmon, PNC/APNU Member of Parliament and member of the Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources wants the Hon. Minister of Natural Resources to answer questions at the Committee’s next meeting, based on matters raised by Janette Bulkan and John Palmer in their five-part series on the Guyana Forestry Commission’s (GFC) 2005-2012 Annual Reports (SN, Tues, Feb 4th, 2014) titled “why the National Assembly should hold public hearings on the Guyana Forestry Commission.”Bulkan is aware that when she refers to the National Assembly she is mainly referring to the Opposition PNC/APNU and AFC members of the National Assembly, since they have a one seat majority and her brother Ronald Bulkan is an APNU/ PNC Member of Parliament: So this why Bulkan is using the “National Assembly” to further her anti- Government and spiteful agenda against the GFC. It is indeed mind-boggling why a forestry expert can be so petty – engaging in mischievous agendas instead of playing a credible and constructive role in the area of her expertise.
But Harmon of the Sectoral Committee is giving credence to Bulkan. Is Bulkan a forestry expert? If she is then why did she allow her brother Ronald Bulkan’s Precision Woodworking Enterprise to collapse by not providing market forecasts to prevent the company’s market shares to be devoured by competitors? The Precision Enterprise was thriving and dynamic, which won Caribbean awards. If Bulkan is a forestry expert I am challenging her to resuscitate Precision Woodworking now.
Bulkan was a Chairperson of the Guyana National Initiative for forest certification (GNIFC) in 2003 to develop a National Forest Standard guided by the forest Stewardship Council (FSC) process, which failed miserably. Is Bulkan a forestry expert?
Bulkan was on a Technical Advisory Panel established by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) who raised no objection when Suriname placed the New River triangle area (NRTA) on its map when that country was preparing it readiness plans to achieve REDD Readiness. The GFC raised strong objections and the NRTA was removed from the maps of Suriname. Bulkan was subsequently removed from the FCPF of the World Bank. Is Bulkan a forestry expert? And is this the reason Joseph Harmon of the Sectoral committee is giving credence to Bulkan who attempted to give away a portion of Guyana’s territory, which is ecologically sacred to Suriname? It is better for Joseph Harmon and the Sectoral Committee to wake up when dealing with matters pertaining to Bulkan.
Written By PETER PERSAUD