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Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic has launched a reforestation project focused on planting 2 million trees across the country and on the area along the border with Haiti.

According to vice president Rafael Alburquerque, 280 brigades of 10 people each will be deployed in the year-long effort. He says more than 200 organizations, including private companies and non-governmental agencies, are helping.

Alburquerque also said the planting of native species along rivers such as Nizao, Ozama and Jima is starting now as part of Reforestation Month.

While the Dominican Republic has some of the most impressive forests in the Caribbean, neighboring Haiti has seen its forests dwindle from 8 percent to 3 percent as impoverished people chop trees for charcoal.


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Written by: CarlosFranco, 10 Oct 2009 1:17 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn

There's no logic behind this reforesation along the haitian border... We plant, Haitians Cut. and no one to stop them cuz Cesfront is a joke
Written by: Belly, 10 Oct 2009 4:46 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Houston,Texas y San Francisco, DR
If i was the head of this kind of projects i would wait until they move the military family in the border areas and start the process after that else the whole thing may be pointless. But is a very good idea to reforest the area.
Written by: glomarexplorer, 11 Oct 2009 8:11 PM
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
The importance of this effort can not be underestimated. Anybody who would disagree should consider Haiti's dire ecological situation.

We Dominicans need to mobilize quickly at grassroots level, with volunteer corps from all able sectors of society. We can not wait for an inept and tangentially concerned government to fix this important issue, for we've all seen how they screw up just about everything they touch; besides, there might not be that much money to graft in this endeavor, so their interest is minimal.

Immediate remediation of the course diversion we have precipitated upon mother nature and local ecology is required, for our survival may depend on it. We know what needs to be done, now let's get whatever help we need and help ourselves reverse this ugly course and its dire consequences.

The knowledge and confidence gained from this undertaking will pay great dividends in other troublesome areas of Dominican society-I am sure.

Let's go for it.
Written by: agibus This user is banned, 12 Oct 2009 2:44 PM
From: United States
Green ,green ,green DR can win the nobel price .The best to do is extend the program for the entire island.Energy distribution of propane gaz for cooking is absurd in Haiti.Neighbors need a better politic about environment.The word mains what in Haiti?Don't know .
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