It has been a national park since 1995, but Grupo Jaragua environmentalists that recently visited the Nalga de Maco mountain in the Central Mountain Range say it is a certain case of mountain destruction, of “ecocide”, as reported in Listin Diario. The environmentalists shared photos of the deforestation to make way for breeding cattle, planting of beans, remains of chemicals used to prepare areas for farming. The ecologists say that the information has been shared with the Ministry of Environment, but has been ignored.
The Nalga de Maco is a source of the important rivers Joca, La Cidra, El Valle and Artibonito.
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Listin Diario
9 May 2019