Now, government has said that it will "suspend seismic testing until proper consultations can be held," and that's because Government is determined to extract offshore oil if it can be found outside protected areas and world heritage site. Heredia discussed the conflict between the development dilemma and the conservation agenda:...
Hon. Manuel Heredia, Minister of Tourism
"There has to be other alternatives. Why don't we come together, find areas where we can find common goals where we can work together to bring more economic prosperity to this country. It's just about just not saying, "no, no, no" to everything. You want to do a project a nice hotel like the DiCaprio one, and there are people that are saying forget about that. Then where will the jobs go?"
OCEANA has said the pushback is not against seismic testing, it's about the prospect of offshore oil exploration - which many oppose.
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