MONTHS after retired Major-General of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Joseph Singh resigned from the post of presidential adviser and from several State boards he has been replaced, at least on two of the State boards.

On Thursday, Minister of State Joseph Harmon told reporters that Cabinet has approved a request to appoint Dr. Patrick Chesney to replace the retired major-general on the Board of Trustees of the Protected Areas Trust and the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) Board of Directors.

Major-General Singh retired as a member of both boards in October 2017.

Trained in tropical agroforestry, Dr. Chesney has more than 25 years of research and development experience in the Americas. He is a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Programme Specialist and Assistant Resident Representative/Programme, with responsibility for Environment, Extractive Industry and Energy.

Additionally, he is the coordinator of the Guiana Shield Facility, an eco-regional initiative aimed at the long-term conservation and sustainable development of the Guiana Shield eco-region.