The government of France will provide US$4.2 million to plant trees and provide water to isolated rural communities. Signing the agreement yesterday were Temistocles Montas, Technical Secretary to the President and Didier Tievenan, representative of the French Development Agency (AFD). French ambassador, Francois Deniau looked on. The grants will support a project of Plan Sierra to reforest 2,250 hectares of badly eroded land with pine saplings. It will also contribute to a Plan Sierra design to bring water to 529 families in rural Santiago Province. This new grant brings to US$61 million the total of financial support contributed by AFD within the country.
