Environmental Protection Agency Guyana
Type
NGO
Country
About us
The Environmental Protection Act empowers the Agency to oversee the environmental activities of all persons. The Agency is regulatory with authority to grant or not grant permits for developmental project that will impact on the environment. As a regulator, the Agency is also required to monitor activities of development and to enforce the provisions of the Act. The Agency is the National Focal Point (NFP) for three Multi-lateral Environmental Agreements: UN Convention of Biological Diversity, Basel Convention, and the Cartagena Convention. Its role as NFP it to coordinate activities to meet national responsibilities under these Agreements.
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Environmental Protection Agency Ganges Street, Sophia Georgetown