Declaration of Kanashen Village as an Amerindian Protected Area
Made 2017 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- English
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- Regulation
- Organisation
- Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
- Country
- Guyana
- Subjects
- Land and soil, Wild species and ecosystems
- Keywords
- traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, community management, Indigenous Peoples, protected area
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186/2017 1957 The Official Gazette (EXTRAORDINARY) OF GUYANA Published by the Authority of the Government GEORGETOWN, FRIDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE FIRST SUPPLEMENT LEGAL SUPPLEMENT A. ACTS — NIL B. SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION — NOTICE - The Protected Area Act . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 C. BILLS ―NIL GEORGETOWN, Demerara – Printed and Published every Saturday and on such Extraordinary Days as may be directed by the Government by Guyana National Printers Limited, 1 Public Road, La Penitence, Greater Georgetown. FRIDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2017 THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE 18TH AUGUST, 2017 LEGAL SUPLEMENT ─ B NOTICE THE PROTECTED AREAS ACT (Act No. 14 of 2011) DECLARATION OF KANASHEN VILLAGE AS AN AMERINDIAN PROTECTED AREA IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by Section 39 of the Protected Areas Act, the Minister of State.hereby declares Kanashen Village, an area of 648,567.2 hectares, as an Amerindian Protected Area. (a) Kanashen Village can be found between north latitude 1°11' and 2°2', and west longitude 58°18' and 59°39' . The land is described legally in the Grant of State Land (Title) as: "The area commencing at the mouth of the Kassikaityu River, Left Bank Essequibo River, thence up the Kassikaityu River to its source at the Guyana ~ Brazil border, thence southeast along the Guyana-Brazil border to the watershed of the Essequibo and New Rivers, thence north along the said watershed to the source of the Amuku River, Right Bank Essequibo River, then down the Amuku River to its mouth, thence down the Essequibo River to the point of commencement. ,, (File no. 92111: Co-operative Republic of Guyana: Grant of State Lands, p. 2) The Amerindian Protected Area covers the entirety of Kanashen Village. (b) Kanashen Village is communal village lands held by the Village Council on behalf of the Wai Wai Amerindian people of that Village. (c) The Village Council is the Sole Management Authority for the Amerindian Protected Area. (d) The area will be managed as a Category VI: Protected area with sustainable u.se of natural resources protected area under the International Union for Conservatipn of Nature Protected Areas Categories System. · (e) Included is a map showing the extent and boundaries of the Amerindian Protected Area. Made this day of ( ) 2017. ·j:i~~:·J~~~~·~M:~:·· (Minister of State) THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [LEGAL SUPPLEMENT] ─ B 18TH AUGUST, 2017 538 I I 1 ~ l 1 Ii I ~ J IO H.0.0,l N.,u,.1 NJU>(.I N.0.~1.,