Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) will be moving to establish an information portal on the development of natural resources in the South American country the Department of Public Information (DPI) stated in a report.
Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman made the disclosure on Monday at the opening of a two-day workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure for Guyana’s Natural Resources Sector, at the Mexican Embassy in Brickdam.
The exercise is being facilitated by the National Institute for Statistics and Geographical Information (INEGI) Mexico.
The DPI report said while the objective of the geospatial data management system would be good for Natural Resources, the minister said the country would benefit twice as much from a system that would be useful to all of Guyana.
“What we are about to do is not just about the natural resources and how they are developed and not developed, but we want to see that all information that is pertinent to the nation of Guyana is housed in one unit.”
He said the information will have major implications for many other sectors including mining and forestry. The Ministry of Public Infrastructure will also benefit from this system as it will help in the direction of its services. The information can also be used for activities that will impact the environment and national security decisions.
“While, in this first instance, the emphasis would be on defining the need and scope of the portals for storing geographic information on the country’s natural resources, the knowledge we will gather will aid in the development of a national portal where a national geospatial data can be stored and used,” Mr. Trotman said.
