DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Serious allegations over potential elimination of the gorgeous forestry outside the National Botanical Garden land have been making headlines in the press and social media.

The Environmental Commission of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) has made a grave allegation concerning the possible encroachment and fragmentation of protected lands belonging to the Dr. Rafael L. Moscoso National Botanical Garden.

The complaint, backed by prominent environmentalist and political leader Domingo Contreras, along with Nelson Bautista, director of the Green Action Foundation (Fundación Acción Verde), raises alarms over reported topographic surveys being conducted by personnel from the Ministry of Public Works.

These activities, allegedly linked to the planned extension of the Jacobo Majluta Avenue, have fueled fears of an imminent threat to one of the capital’s most...