Visiting Professor of Applied Ecology, Francis Putz, brings a global debate to Guyana and seems to have no difficulty finding parties to counter his arguments as the Minister of Agriculture comments on the Professor’s presentation.Professor Putz,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, who holds joint professorships with the University of Florida and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, is an ecologist and a silviculturist.In this his first visit to Guyana he spent nearly a fortnight out in the field with a number of students from the University of Guyana and other institutions.A little over 24 hours after their return from the interior, Professor Putz gave a seminar at the University of Guyana on Monday evening. The basis of the Professor’s Lecture followed the ideas that he put forth in a letter which was published in the Stabroek News on June 3, last.He said that the Kyoto Protocol, which guides climate change adaptation negotiations around the world, excluded standing forests from their considerations as one of the factors affecting climate. According to Professor Putz, because the Kyoto Protocol remains in force until 2012,Wholesale Jerseys, there needed to be another initiative that would encompass standing forests, enter REDD or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation.In the letter previously mentioned he highlighted what he thought was a global issue that even environmentally conscious Guyana has not escaped from entirely. Putz posits that “carbon emissions” benefits of improved forest management are not being sufficiently stressed.”He goes on further to say that in the global climate change debates the focus tends to be on the deforestation rather than the degradation.In his presentation the Professor pointed out that degradation is not an issue to be ignored either since it accounts for almost 10 per cent of global carbon emissions every year.He went on to say that the most significant causative factor of degradation was conventional logging. As such he presents a possible solution, Reduced Impact Logging (RIL).According to the Professor, if Guyanese forests are being logged at a rate of 500,000 cubic metres of timber annually using conventional logging practices then he estimates that “100,000 Mg (tons) of carbon could be retained annually in the forest by universal adoption of reduced-impact logging (RIL) practices.”He continues to make his case by pointing out that “this reduction in emissions would be secured with no reduction in harvested volumes.”The Professor then went on to point out that the funds generated by these ‘saved emissions’ could then be utilized to train workers in reduced impact forestry techniques. And further,Agustin Marchesin Jersey, those benefits could be increased by employing silviculture to increase logging yields.The day after Putz’s article was published a letter to the same publication disputed the Professor’s position and the letter-writer, one Mr. Terrence Williams,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, contended that there were numerous documents attesting to the fact that the Government of Guyana was doing everything in its power to address not only deforestation but forest degradation as well.Minister of Agriculture,NFL Jerseys Cheap, Robert Persaud, when asked for comment on the matter said that “the benefits of RIL are clear in Guyana’s context and in actuality have been expounded in a number of publicly available documents including: the LCDS,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, the Terms of Reference for the Monitoring Reporting and Verification System, and the Readiness Preparation Proposal among others.”He went on to say that “to an even further extent, actual work has started to operationalise many of these plans that effectively outline how deforestation and forest degradation will be assessed and monitored, and the role of sustainable forest management which included Reduced Impact Logging in Guyana’s REDD+ activities.”And that “it was unclear following the presentation whether the presenters were familiar with these.”Persaud said fact that to date the Forestry Training Centre has thus far instructed more than a thousand persons in Reduced Impact Logging practices. He went on to point out that RIL has been the predominant practice in the forestry sector for a number of years.

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A Tucville resident is battling for his life after an invited guest turned on him after summoning two others who proceeded to brutally stab the man 13 times with an ice-pick in a failed robbery bid Thursday night. This happened at 21:30 hrs.Cohen GibsonThe victim who was identified as Cohen Gibson, 25, of 118-926, Latchmansingh Street,Wholesale Jerseys, Tucville, was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by police and relatives after he made a call to an aunt. He was found bleeding in a neighbour’s yard after fleeing from his attackers.Gibson received two stab wounds to the neck, three to the chest several to the abdomen and behind both ankles had gaping wounds. Up to press time he was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU.)Reports revealed that while the victim was slipping in and out of consciousness a name was given to the police of one of the perpetrators.? It was also disclosed that Gibson was a supervisor at Beharry Company and that one of his assailants worked under him at the company.At the scene of the attempt murder, all the electrical appliances were packed in a chair for removal. Those who responded to Gibson’s calls for help found them there. The also found that the house was ransacked.They could not say if anything was stolen. They were unable to conduct an investigation since the police were to visit the scene and had asked them not to tamper with anything inside the house.The house had blood spattered inside the bathroom where it was reported that Gibson was dragged after he was stabbed several times. Inside the bathroom, too, the man slashed his Achilles tendons and left him for dead.The three rooms, including the master bedroom, had clothing dumped from drawers and blood was just about everywhere,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, In addition to the blood spattered bathroom blood footprints led from the bathroom to the back door and down the flight of stairs leading to the yard. They marked a trail of Gibson’s flight from his attackers who had left him for dead.It is now the belief that the attackers thought that Gibson was dead. When they heard him making his escape they panicked and left the house without taking the loot.At the rear of the building was a broken fence where Gibson had managed to exit his yard to seek refuge. According to the Donna Giles, proprietor of the house and who resides in Berbice,Cheap Jerseys, after she received a telephone call and she was told that there was a robbery at the house where her nephew lives,Wholesale NBA Jerseys Authentic, she left for the city.“I then dialed my nephew (Cohen Gibson) phone number and at that time he was conscious because he spoke to me and told me that he was stabbed up and was waiting on somebody to take him to the hospital…I came down and saw the blood and all the other things in the house tumbled up,Wholesale Jerseys From China,” the aunt said.Adding that she was also told that Cohen and someone was having a drink the same night of the incident; Donna Giles said her nephew had informed her that the same individual with whom he was having the drink was the assailant who invited two others into the house to attack him.“Is the things in the house they see make them get excited and wanted to do that,” she said.The victim’s cousin, Latoya Giles, told this publication that on the night of the incident Gibson called her mother and related that he was stabbed. “She thought that he was joking since he normally makes jokes like that…but he said no,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, that he get stab up bad and he hiding under a bed. Then the called ended.”Some of the electrical items that were removed and placed on the chair to be fetch away.She explained that a short while later, Gibson then made another call to her mother stating that he was in “Granny” yard—which is in the neighbour’s yard.Latoya Giles said that moments after reaching her cousin’s home in Tucville and calling out for him at the gate, her sister and mother arrived at the location. The police came soon after. The elderly neighbour signaled to them and gave them the keys to enter her yard.Noting that blood was filled in the area where her cousin lay on the ground, Latoya said Gibson could not have walked because of his serious injuries.“The police asked that I collect a towel to wrap his feet since they were cut up. I was hesitant to go into the house, but my cousin told me nobody was in the house. I did as he said and wrapped him up and he was placed in the police vehicle and transported to the GPHC.”She said that doctors at the hospital disclosed that Gibson was stabbed 13 times about the body. The same night persons visited the hospital enquiring about Gibso

An estimated one per cent of the male population is afflicted with breast cancer, a state of affairs that has not changed over the decades.? This assertion was recently made by Dr. Surendra Persaud,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Director of Caribbean Surgery.The doctor,Jerseys NFL Cheap, an expert in the area of cancer treatment, has extended a cautionary reminder to the male population to pay close attention to their breast as breast cancer is not limited to the female population.“What we usually say to the men is that there is no such thing as a normal lump in a man’s breast; any lump in a man’s breast is cancer until proven otherwise…”He said that when a man notices a change in his breast, he like a woman,Wholesale Jerseys, should not hesitate to consult with a medical professional.And often the problems men face with their breasts are linked to issues of obesity,Wholesale Jerseys, where gynecomastia could result. Gynecomastia is the abnormal development of large mammary glands in males resulting in breast enlargement.Dr. Surendra PersaudHowever, Dr Persaud has asserted that “there is a difference between both breasts just getting enlarged and finding a discrete lump in the breast. You should really check with your doctor if it is happening so that your doctor could reassure you by ascertaining whether you are dealing with gynecomastia or if you are dealing with an individual or unilateral breast enlargement.”But while some men may be aware of the risks involved in breasts enlargement some are yet unwilling to seek the relevant medical care. “Men usually don’t want to accept breast cancer as a medical problem. Even the cancers that are common to men we don’t like to accept…”While there have not been many major developments in the treatment of cancers, particularly breast cancer, there have however been subtle changes in the chemotherapy protocols and an increase in radiation therapy.However, Dr. Persaud said that cancer treatment across the globe is undergoing continuous study even as the scourge of cancer across the world is becoming of increased concern.? This,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, he said, is perhaps linked to the fact that more persons are becoming inflicted with the disease since they are living longer lives.Longevity, he explained, has caused the health sectors of the world to start focusing on chronic non-communicable diseases the likes of cancer.? “When a country is underdeveloped people die from infections and so on…but society has been able to control the infections that cause death resulting in chronic non-communicable disease being the leading causes of death.“If you look at Guyana’s leading causes of death they are comparable with the rest of the world but that does not mean that we are not dying from diseases as we did in the past. but we now have all of the non-communicable non-chronic diseases.”More people as a percent are now dying from these chronic diseases but this is because perhaps they did not die of something else at an earlier age and never lived long enough to develop these diseases.“We are not going to be here forever so if you don’t die from the accidents and the infections when you are young then it is going to be the heart disease, or the high blood pressure or the cancers,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys,” Dr. Persaud added.However, chronic non-communicable diseases the likes of cancer are not limited to the elderly. According to Dr. Persaud his youngest cancer patient was 31 years old.

Over the weekend Minister of Local Government and Regional Development,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, Ganga Persaud met with members of the business community in Mabaruma, Region One where concerns about electricity were among the issues raised.Minister Persaud noted that the meeting was held at a time when the state of the environment is powered by people’s need to enjoy certain comforts, such as electricity, hence when such an issue is brought to the table,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, it must be dealt with expeditiously. During the last few weeks the old generator experienced some difficulties and although it was repaired it eventually stopped functioning.Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud and Regional Chairman, and Paul Pierre inspecting the new generator.Minister Persaud noted that the engineer will return to Region One with the transformer, exhaust and switches to work on the new system.He emphasised that once all goes well by next weekend power will be restored temporarily following which normalcy will return when the 1000KVA transformer arrives within the next two months.Currently, Mabaruma residents receive five hours of electricity daily and in an effort to increase the hours supplied and, to accommodate more households on the network,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, steps were made to secure a 750 KVA generator.? Electricity is currently being supplied from a 625KVA system.Minister Persaud explained that the new generator was procured and arrived in Guyana a few months ago, however its transportation to Mabaruma took some time.In the beginning attempts were made to transport the generator on a pontoon, however, that would have cost between $12M to $15M.?? The generator arrived in Mabaruma in June.Minister Persaud stated that upon arrival in Mabaruma it was discovered that several components and a 1000KVA transformer were missing, hence an additional $18M was needed for the system’s installation and Cabinet was approached for funding in this regard.He indicated that the procurement of the needed components for the new generator is being fast tracked and a smaller transformer is being procured which will be used as part of the network when the larger transformer arrives.Additionally, the Local Government and Regional Development Ministry is working with the Agriculture Ministry to have on loan a 750KVA transformer.Minister Persaud acknowledged that the RDC Administration, not having the technical expertise required for the network,Cheap NFL Jerseys, did not make adequate budgetary provisions for the installation and other components of the generator to function adequately.While in discussions with members of the RDC it was brought out that the Mabaruma power station is operating at a loss. In 2010 the revenue collected amounted to $3.8M while in 2011 $4M was collected.? On average 85 drums of fuel, costing $3.4M are used monthly. Apart from that, and the subsidies government offer, the company still has operational costs which include maintenance of line, planting poles and paying salaries.While in Region One the Minister also met with the Mabaruma/Kumaka/Hosororo Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) and residents in Wauna,NFL Jerseys Cheap, Barabina, Kumaka,Cheap Jerseys From China, and Hosororo. (GINA)