President Danilo Medina and commemorated in Hondo Valle, Elias Piña, the International Forestry Day, planting a tree in the area as part of six projects aimed at the reforestation of slightly over 100,000 acres (1 acre = 6 tareas).
The President joked with the workers from the Ministry of Environment telling them: “Here we are with the greens” – in reference to the push by civic groups that have chosen the color green to symbolize the protest movement that calls for an end to corruption and impunity in the public administration. When he was asked if he was afraid of the greens, Medina responded “absolutely not.”
So far over 500,000 trees have been planted during this campaign, including mahogany and other valuable species of trees.
