Path through forest to Pico Duarte
Santo Domingo.- World Environment Day, celebrated today, brings positive figures for the Dominican Republic, because the country's forest cover expanded by 31.5% from 1984 to 2011.
The country’s forests now cover 39.7% of the territory, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Experts agree that the government reforestation efforts “Selva Negra” (black jungle) in the early 1990s and “Quisqueya Verde” (Quisqueya green) since 1998, together with control over forest fires and higher than normal rainfall are the key factors in the recovery.
Written by: Atabey, 5 Jun 2012 9:15 AM
From: United States, NYC
Great news, but I know that Josey and Co. will not like this news item.
Let the negative crowd begin their attacks!
From: Dominican Republic
You have tor ead the article well.
Higher than normal rainfall, unless Leonel want to take credit for that as well.
The rest of the article is politics.
Written by: danny00, 5 Jun 2012 10:28 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
negative or just the truth?
great iam so happy, but what about the rivers, the ocean and the streets full of trash or chemicals?
is this negative or what?
or is it the truth.?
tell me what happens with all the plastic containers or bottles and bags in the dr? i dont see any recycling bins any where in the dr. nor do i see much wild life in the country sides [hog hunting in the pop area.} they have killed every thing that moves birds and animals just for the sake of killing.
From: United States
It's a big deal given that the neighbors next door are willing to pay top dollar for charcoal.
The country is slowly modernizing which has a positive impact on the environment by minimizing the need for charcoal.
Good stuff !!
Written by: danny00, 5 Jun 2012 10:30 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
leo had nothing to do with the rain fall but he did build the metro and robbed the young of an education and any chance of a real life in the real world lets place the lack of jobs or the elec. problems aside for now..
Written by: danny00, 5 Jun 2012 10:36 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
slowly modernizing
yes it is, maybe in the next 200 years or so the dr will catch up with the rest of the world. {be nice when the locals learn how to go in though the enter doors and exit doors of a supermarket be real nice i guess, and when they learn that when they run over some one with the car they should stop and try and help that person , and not to place the money as the 1st issue..
and learn to use the bano instead of the streets.
choo choo train all aboard..
Written by: danny00, 5 Jun 2012 10:42 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
Haina, Dominican Republic
Population: 85,465
Worst Feature: Heavy Metal Pollution
Best Feature: There's gold in them there Haina River
Another place as popular as a “Lead Balloon” Haina could be called The Lead Poisoning Capital of the World, and that’s saying a lot if you have already read about Kabwe and La Oroya on this list.
The lead levels are particularly bad in an area known as Bajos de Haina, where the site of a former battery plant has caused extremely high levels of lead in the soil.
In fact according to the UN the entire population of Haina show signs of some degree of lead poisoning
Written by: danny00, 5 Jun 2012 10:43 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
Bringing you the worst cities in the World!!
The world is very, very, very big. There are some wonderful places on its surface. Fabulous sun-kissed beaches with miles of golden sands. Wonderful mountains with crystal steams cascading down into tropical paradises. There are also some horrendous cities populated by a subculture of thugs and gangsters. Sadly this website is about the latter locations. Here you will discover some of the most vile and violent places to live. So read on and be prepared to be shocked.
Written by: danny00, 5 Jun 2012 10:47 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
The Dominican Republic Education And Mentoring (DREAM) Project, a US 501c3 non-profit organization, provides quality education for all children born into poverty in rural areas and small communities.
• Building classrooms, libraries, computer and science labs and sport recreation areas
• Securing books, school supplies and educational materials for the classrooms
• Partnering with public schools
• Operating private preschool classrooms
• Operating youth groups and summer camps
• Empowering local communities by providing models, resources and training
• Raising awareness within the international community
• Soliciting international volunteers; and
• Training Dominican teachers and local community members in modern child centered teaching methodologies
We are sustained through the generous contribution of time, talent, funds, materials and supplies from individuals,foundations, government agencies and businesses.
Written by: danny00, 5 Jun 2012 10:52 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
MORE NEGATIVE'S
SHOULD IT NOT BE THE DR GOVERNMENT THAT IS GIVING THE ABOVE POSTED THESE CHILDREN THE SAME CHANCES?• Building classrooms, libraries, computer and science labs and sport recreation areas
• Securing books, school supplies and educational materials for the classrooms
WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT? LEOS CHOO CHOO TRAIN YES IT F*#@ing wonderful its all so wonderful that the young get an education so they just might be able toFUNCTION in the real world later on in life. GUESS IAM JUST A NEGATIVE TYPE OF GUY....
From: Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fighting Joseans lunacy .Stop Guillermo the commie thief in 2016
cant see the forest for the corruption
From: United States
In the earlies 1880's Buenaventura Baez paid the national debt by deforestation the south of the island.
If you can see in the horizon of D.R. the mountains was the natural refugee for natural jungle.Most of the Caoba still in a lot of old churches in Spain.
I dont know if this news is realistic.. , because I've seen a lot of rivers geting dry since I was a child..Not quite the opposite..
I went long time ago to palmar de Ocoa and I saw the muntains on fire at night...That's when I understood they were making charcoal from the few trees left.
no goverment has been concern so far..And now we have barrick gold..
i hope that Danilo do something about it..
Written by: RoyStone, 5 Jun 2012 2:09 PM
From: Australia
What a fitting photo: "Path through forest to Pico Duarte"
This path is a monument to environmental vandalism!
In many places, pack-horses have eroded the path in to canyons in the clay, over 2 meters deep in parts. There are introduced exotic weeds including blackberry (not the mobile-phone variety), doc and clover. Massive areas were recently decimated by a huge forest fire of "unknown" origin. Native fauna is conspicuous by its absence. Dominicans have no appreciation of nature. This national treasure is the highest mountain in the Caribbean, first climbed by an Englishman. It took another 100 years before any Dominican bothered to climb it, and it was not accurately measured until within the last decade.
Written by: josean, 5 Jun 2012 4:00 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
You see Atabey not everybody drinks Purple Kool-Aid like you!
From: Dominican Republic
This is great news!! Back when I was a young "buck", before someone graduated from "High School" they needed to perform some community service. One of the options was Reforestation. The program consisted in taking us to one of the many hills/mountains identified for reforestation, and then everyone would transplant about a hundred small trees unto them.
It is nice to see all that effort, over decades, is paying off!
Written by: RoyStone, 6 Jun 2012 8:18 AM
From: Australia
Arcangel96,
Well done on the tree-planting!
Have you been back to check? These percentages are just arbitrary lines and hatching on maps. You may find what you planted has grown, then been converted to charcoal or shanty-shacks, leaving mud-slides and bare gullies.
From: Dominican Republic
RoyStone,
Check back?! Honestly! It was, at least. a couple decades ago..lol!!!...I hardly remember which hill they took us. Now, wood charcoal is a problem in DR, but when it comes to deforestation, agriculture practices and indiscriminate commercial logging are the main culprits.
Written by: RonEvane 
, 6 Jun 2012 11:17 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Cities and towns can look and feel cooler with more trees planted. The govt can make a real difference by razing shanty towns, and building prefab housing for the poor, elsewhere; then planting the cleared area with fast- growing, hardy trees.
They'll be designated "public parks". Anyone trying to build or chop trees there, will be crucified.
Written by: RoyStone, 7 Jun 2012 3:25 AM
From: Australia
Arcangel96 and RonEvane,
You are absolutely correct. Unfortunately very few share your concerns.
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Great news, but I know that Josey and Co. will not like this news item.
Let the negative crowd begin their attacks!
Higher than normal rainfall, unless Leonel want to take credit for that as well.
The rest of the article is politics.
great iam so happy, but what about the rivers, the ocean and the streets full of trash or chemicals?
is this negative or what?
or is it the truth.?
tell me what happens with all the plastic containers or bottles and bags in the dr? i dont see any recycling bins any where in the dr. nor do i see much wild life in the country sides [hog hunting in the pop area.} they have killed every thing that moves birds and animals just for the sake of killing.
The country is slowly modernizing which has a positive impact on the environment by minimizing the need for charcoal.
Good stuff !!
yes it is, maybe in the next 200 years or so the dr will catch up with the rest of the world. {be nice when the locals learn how to go in though the enter doors and exit doors of a supermarket be real nice i guess, and when they learn that when they run over some one with the car they should stop and try and help that person , and not to place the money as the 1st issue..
and learn to use the bano instead of the streets.
choo choo train all aboard..
Population: 85,465
Worst Feature: Heavy Metal Pollution
Best Feature: There's gold in them there Haina River
Another place as popular as a “Lead Balloon” Haina could be called The Lead Poisoning Capital of the World, and that’s saying a lot if you have already read about Kabwe and La Oroya on this list.
The lead levels are particularly bad in an area known as Bajos de Haina, where the site of a former battery plant has caused extremely high levels of lead in the soil.
In fact according to the UN the entire population of Haina show signs of some degree of lead poisoning
The world is very, very, very big. There are some wonderful places on its surface. Fabulous sun-kissed beaches with miles of golden sands. Wonderful mountains with crystal steams cascading down into tropical paradises. There are also some horrendous cities populated by a subculture of thugs and gangsters. Sadly this website is about the latter locations. Here you will discover some of the most vile and violent places to live. So read on and be prepared to be shocked.
• Building classrooms, libraries, computer and science labs and sport recreation areas
• Securing books, school supplies and educational materials for the classrooms
• Partnering with public schools
• Operating private preschool classrooms
• Operating youth groups and summer camps
• Empowering local communities by providing models, resources and training
• Raising awareness within the international community
• Soliciting international volunteers; and
• Training Dominican teachers and local community members in modern child centered teaching methodologies
We are sustained through the generous contribution of time, talent, funds, materials and supplies from individuals,foundations, government agencies and businesses.
SHOULD IT NOT BE THE DR GOVERNMENT THAT IS GIVING THE ABOVE POSTED THESE CHILDREN THE SAME CHANCES?• Building classrooms, libraries, computer and science labs and sport recreation areas
• Securing books, school supplies and educational materials for the classrooms
WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT? LEOS CHOO CHOO TRAIN YES IT F*#@ing wonderful its all so wonderful that the young get an education so they just might be able toFUNCTION in the real world later on in life. GUESS IAM JUST A NEGATIVE TYPE OF GUY....
If you can see in the horizon of D.R. the mountains was the natural refugee for natural jungle.Most of the Caoba still in a lot of old churches in Spain.
I dont know if this news is realistic.. , because I've seen a lot of rivers geting dry since I was a child..Not quite the opposite..
I went long time ago to palmar de Ocoa and I saw the muntains on fire at night...That's when I understood they were making charcoal from the few trees left.
no goverment has been concern so far..And now we have barrick gold..
i hope that Danilo do something about it..
This path is a monument to environmental vandalism!
In many places, pack-horses have eroded the path in to canyons in the clay, over 2 meters deep in parts. There are introduced exotic weeds including blackberry (not the mobile-phone variety), doc and clover. Massive areas were recently decimated by a huge forest fire of "unknown" origin. Native fauna is conspicuous by its absence. Dominicans have no appreciation of nature. This national treasure is the highest mountain in the Caribbean, first climbed by an Englishman. It took another 100 years before any Dominican bothered to climb it, and it was not accurately measured until within the last decade.
You see Atabey not everybody drinks Purple Kool-Aid like you!
It is nice to see all that effort, over decades, is paying off!
Well done on the tree-planting!
Have you been back to check? These percentages are just arbitrary lines and hatching on maps. You may find what you planted has grown, then been converted to charcoal or shanty-shacks, leaving mud-slides and bare gullies.
Check back?! Honestly! It was, at least. a couple decades ago..lol!!!...I hardly remember which hill they took us. Now, wood charcoal is a problem in DR, but when it comes to deforestation, agriculture practices and indiscriminate commercial logging are the main culprits.
Cities and towns can look and feel cooler with more trees planted. The govt can make a real difference by razing shanty towns, and building prefab housing for the poor, elsewhere; then planting the cleared area with fast- growing, hardy trees.
They'll be designated "public parks". Anyone trying to build or chop trees there, will be crucified.
You are absolutely correct. Unfortunately very few share your concerns.