DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Yaque del Sur is the largest watershed in the South of the Dominican Republic. Its tributaries, the San Juan, Mijo and Los Baos rivers, are severely impacted by deforestation spilling over from Haiti. Late last week, President Luis Abinader renewed the agreement with the NGO Sur Futuro for the management of the entire watershed system. Sur Futuro is chaired by Melba Segura, the widow of Don Alejandro Grullon, the founder of Banco Popular.

The government renewed the Yaque del Sur river basin management plan with Sur Futuro for another 10 years by Decree 692-21. The plan calls for social work with the communities, reforestation, ecological restoration, agroforestry programs and climate change actions.

President Abinader stressed that the measures promoted by the government seek to protect the high areas that feed the Sabana Yegua, Sabaneta, and soon Monte...