Canadian companies seeking access to Guyanese forests also have a poor record of environmental destruction, and are in conflict with workers and indigenous communities. They now look set to do the same here. Guyana has given the logging companies secure and extraordinarily beneficial contracts, allowing them tax holidays, minimal royalty payments and the right to export unprocessed timber. The MV Greenpeace's visit to Guyana is part of a tour highlighting forest destruction in the Americas. After Guyana, the vessel will sail to Brazil for a tour along the Amazon.
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