Now, with the Oil And Gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. Fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible Oil Spills and rising Sea Levels. Guyana is making choices which will have global impact. Will they be wise ones . Its Republic Day in georgetown, guyanas capital. Party time for the countrys 800,000 people. The Ministry Of Natural Resources is on the road. I want to hear you make some noise. The stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. In past decades, guyanas dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. To get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. It gives you some idea how remote these mines are. I mean, the truth is that there are gold deposits all around here, but finding them is one thing. Youve then got to clear away the forest. Youve got to dig a track to make them accessible. Frankly, digging for gold around here is a pr
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heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink. now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising sea levels. guyana is making choices which will have global impact. will they be wise ones? it s republic day in georgetown, guyana s capital. party time for the country s 800,000 people. the ministry of natural resources is on the road. i want to hear you make some noise. the stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. in past decades, guyana s dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. to get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. it gives you some idea how remote these mines are. i mean, the truth is that there are gold deposits all around here, but finding them is one thing. you ve then got to clear away the forest. you ve got to dig a track
president irfaan ali welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, you lead a country which by many measures, has the fastest growing economy in the world. it is down to you to ensure that this massive windfall your country has is used wisely and fairly. do you feel the pressure? i don t think it s a pressure. it definitely is a challenge, but it is an opportunity. and to understand this growth and what it means for our country, i think you have to have an appreciation also from where we came and the type of difficulties we ve overcome as a country to be where we are today. and that gives you an understanding as to the starting point. and the starting point for guyana has never been oil and gas. we are a country that came through a very painful past, 28 years of dictatorship. we had democracy reinstalled in 1992, and then from then we had, we were the second poorest country in the hemisphere. 0ur debt to gdp ratio was insanely high. we are using $0.98 on every dollar to repay
president irfaan ali. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, you lead a country which by many measures, has the fastest growing economy in the world. it is down to you to ensure that this massive windfall your country has is used wisely and fairly. do you feel the pressure? i don t think it s a pressure. it definitely is a challenge, but it is an opportunity. and to understand this growth and what it means for our country, i think you have to have an appreciation also from where we came and the type of difficulties we ve overcome as a country to be where we are today. and that gives you an understanding as to the starting point. and the starting point for guyana has never been oil and gas. we are a country that came through a very painful past, 28 years of dictatorship. we had democracy reinstalled in 1992, and then from then we had, we were the second poorest country in the hemisphere. 0ur debt to gdp ratio was insanely high. we are using $0.98 on every dollar to repa