DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Diario Libre is following up on the elimination of a large area of mangrove in Samana with the suspected use of glyphosate to prepare the area for real estate development. Marvin del Cid, environmental reporter for the newspaper, explained the authorities suspect a strong herbicide was used, such as glyphosate.

Likewise, in an editorial on 13 August, De Buena Tinta, Diario Libre highlights the damages to the formerly pristine El Astillero area where Halassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme prevailed in what had been a refuge for manatees, sting rays and turtles.

In December 2023, Diario Libre had reported that there were more than 300,000 square meters of mangrove in a privately-owned property between El Astillero and El Limon on the north side of the peninsula. These were decimated in less than two weeks.

As reported in Diario Libre, the Foro Ambiental de Samaná...