The manufacturers of Presidente beer and Marlboro cigarettes in the Dominican Republic, E. León Jimenes donated RD$1 million to the Department of Forests to contribute to the recovery of the vegetation and forests of the mountain areas of the basin of the Yaque del Norte River, the second largest in the country. Colonel Radhames Lora Salcedo, director of the Department of Forests, received the check from the company. The funds will be used to condition the terrain and purchase pine tree seedlings.
