Guyana: Fragile Frontier
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Guyana: Fragile Frontier

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Guyana: Fragile Frontier

About this book

Guyana's environment is in danger of wholesale destruction. In the name of economic liberalization, this small, indebted country is promoting a dramatic escalation of logging, mining and other forms of extraction. In the 1990s, millions of hectares of rainforest have been leased to foreign companies for logging, while gold mining is going through a new and devastating boom. The Omai gold mine disaster of August 1995 was dramatic evidence of the potential for catastrophe. At the centre of Guyana's ecological crisis stands the country's indigenous population, historically marginalized and now threatened by the invasion of loggers, miners and ranchers. Their claims to land titles have long been ignored, and the present government strategy is worsening their chances of survival. This book describes the onslaught on the country's environment and the forces - economic and political - behind it. Looking at the role of the IMF, World Bank and foreign companies, Marcus Colchester shows how structural adjustment has paved the way for extraction-based development. He demonstrates how internal politics and external economic interests have combined in forcing Guyana to cash in its resources for short-term gain.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword
  7. Guyana in Brief
  8. Chronology
  9. Map of Guyana
  10. Introduction
  11. 1. From Trading Allies to Colonial Subjects
  12. 2. Plantation Politics
  13. 3. Development Domination
  14. 4. Roads and Ranches
  15. 5. Undermining the Interior
  16. 6. Forests for Sale
  17. 7. Amerindian Survival
  18. 8. Future Options
  19. Useful Addresses
  20. References and Bibliography
  21. Index