Border provinces are losing forestry coverage

[MoJoInDR]

Most Haitians are afraid to cook with gas.
I often wonder if the border patrol (during the last administration)
took bribes and allowed so much charcoal to be smuggled
back across the border to Haiti.

From what I've read, DR folk in the southern border parts have been doing a job on their own forests.

 

[CristoRey]

From what I've read, DR folk in the southern border parts have been doing a job on their own forests.

Nothing surprises me when it comes to what the inhabitants of this island will do to this island for a few extra pesos.

 

[NALs]

Some understand, others don't.

What is there to not understand that forest cover is growing despite that? What happens to forest cover at the border is irrelevant for influencig overall Dominican forest cover.

 

[NALs]

From what I've read, DR folk in the southern border parts have been doing a job on their own forests.

Deforestation by Dominicans have been happening for a long time. In fact, that was the reason why Dr Balaguer closed the mills in the 1960’s or 1970’s.

Dominicans are also responsible for why forest cover has been growing for quite some time and continue to do so.

 

[MoJoInDR]

What is there to not understand that forest cover is growing despite that? What happens to forest cover at the border is irrelevant for influencig overall Dominican forest cover.

Wow... Deep man.

 

[MoJoInDR]

Deforestation by Dominicans have been happening for a long time. In fact, that was the reason why Dr Balaguer closed the mills in the 1960’s or 1970’s.

Dominicans are also responsible for why forest cover has been growing for quite some time and continue to do so.

Uh huh... Yeh, yeh... I see what you're saying.

 

[bob saunders]

Deforestation by Dominicans have been happening for a long time. In fact, that was the reason why Dr Balaguer closed the mills in the 1960’s or 1970’s.

Dominicans are also responsible for why forest cover has been growing for quite some time and continue to do so.

There are quite a few small sawmills still operating in the DR. We have two that I know of here in Jarabacoa. There is also a silviculture school and plantation here.

 

[Ecoman1949]

There are quite a few small sawmills still operating in the DR. We have two that I know of here in Jarabacoa. There is also a silviculture school and plantation here.

There is a large sawmill operation in Imbert. My friend in Luperon bought lumber from them to erect a fence around a section of his property. Rough lumber but it’s still holding up. At night in Luperon you can see the charcoal fires in the surrounding hills. The police do what they can but it’s not much. Illegal charcoal Is readily available from the locals for a price. Certainly not the scale of what’s going on across the border but still a concern. Anytime you drive from Puerto Plata to La Isabella, you pass numerous sites where the locals are using charcoal to roast and sell pork. Every now and then I stop for roasted pork or mandarinos when they are in season.

 

[Ecoman1949]

The tree root structures stabilizes the unstable soil. Remove the trees and the resulting erosion deposits the soil as sediment into the rivers that crisscross the border, choking off river bottoms where fish feed and breed. Declining fish populations and fish kills are the result.

Any insect infestations that exist will move from the deforested areas to forested areas to feed and breed. carried by the wind or vehicle transition between the areas. As far as I know, the DR government doesn‘t conduct aerial forestry insecticide spray programs. They rely on natural processes which isn’t a bad thing, given their poor control over pesticide applications on farmland, industrial and residential areas.

 

[bob saunders]

The tree root structures stabilizes the unstable soil. Remove the trees and the resulting erosion deposits the soil as sediment into the rivers that crisscross the border, choking off river bottoms where fish feed and breed. Declining fish populations and fish kills are the result.

Any insect infestations that exist will move from the deforested areas to forested areas to feed and breed. carried by the wind or vehicle transition between the areas. As far as I know, the DR government doesn‘t conduct aerial forestry insecticide spray programs. They rely on natural processes which isn’t a bad thing, given their poor control over pesticide applications on farmland, industrial and residential areas.

In the Dominican Republic, Sustainable Forest Management Is Paying off for Local Farmers

Forest producers in the Dominican Republic are implementing sustainable silvicultural practices that boost incomes for small and medium businesses.

www.worldbank.org

 

[MoJoInDR]

There are quite a few small sawmills still operating in the DR. We have two that I know of here in Jarabacoa. There is also a silviculture school and plantation here.

Thanks for the heads up about that, Bob... I'm going to look into it.

 

[MoJoInDR]

The tree root structures stabilizes the unstable soil. Remove the trees and the resulting erosion deposits the soil as sediment into the rivers that crisscross the border, choking off river bottoms where fish feed and breed. Declining fish populations and fish kills are the result.

Any insect infestations that exist will move from the deforested areas to forested areas to feed and breed. carried by the wind or vehicle transition between the areas. As far as I know, the DR government doesn‘t conduct aerial forestry insecticide spray programs. They rely on natural processes which isn’t a bad thing, given their poor control over pesticide applications on farmland, industrial and residential areas.

It's a downward spiral that should be addressed early rather than later.