Guyana will be spending close to $1 billion next year to develop a mangrove project geared to protect the sea defences in the country.This is according to President Bharrat Jagdeo, who during his remarks at the commissioning of the Liliendaal Pump Station yesterday, said that he met with several international and donor agencies where the project was extensively discussed.He explained that mangroves would play a significant role in protecting the sea defences and Guyana is working to develop a programme to first assess the coastline to find out which areas are best suited and what soil types are best suited for the different varieties of mangrove.This project, he said, would also see a number of international specialists in Guyana who have already successfully deployed planted mangroves on a large scale.These specialists will also develop a large scale nursery for the mangrove plants and will deploy them across Guyana’s coast line.“This is vital,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/Argentina/, given the estimates that we have done recently…working with Mackenzie and Company,NFL Jerseys From China, it is expected that if we are to adapt to climate change, just here on the coast we would have to spend in excess of US$1 billion,” Jagdeo noted.He added that for a poor country like Guyana with limited budgetary means, it would be a huge challenge,Cheap Jerseys From China, particularly if the resources through the sale of forest carbon do not materialize at the magnitude at which it is hoped. The government would have to fund the adaptation measures from the budget, he added.“There is no other alternative…we can’t give up our coast; we can’t give up the fertile lands here and the housing stock which are so valuable…so we would have to choose to defend this housing stock and our people’s livelihood against the sea and against variable unpredictable extreme weather conditions,Soccer Jerseys China,” President Jagdeo told the gathering.He explained that this is a huge developmental challenge for a country like Guyana. There is also the task of better quality education and better quality extended health care to the people and ensuring that everyone has adequate housing facilities.We now have to add climate change and the consequences of climate change to these developmental challenges we have. They would all require money…resources from the treasury. So we have to find the lowest cost possible solutions to protecting our coastline and having a better system for flood control and water management.”In this regard,NFL Jerseys China, he said that mangrove would be a low cost solution to protecting the sea. “We have to fix the conservancy dams and already there is work ongoing through the Ministry of Agriculture. And to expand the range of that work,MLB Jerseys From China, we would have to get more outlets from the conservancy out to the Atlantic so that we can get better control of the water out to the conservancy so that it doesn’t threaten the coastal areas through unanticipated release of water in housing and farm areas.”All these projects, he noted, are part of a bigger master plan to deal with drainage and irrigation issues in the country.