The Natural Sciences and Environment Commission of the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic condemned the actions of those who are maliciously setting forests fires in the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park. The Academy of Sciences is calling for the government to intensify efforts to find the culprits of these environmental crimes. Recently, it is suspect that 2,000 tareas were set a blaze this month in forests in the southwestern part of the country. The fires are destroying valuable forest areas and compromising the water supply.
The Academy urges the banning of the commercialization of guaconejo wood (Amyris) that is used to make perfume in Haiti and is thought to have been the cause of the fire.
14 July 2017
