Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito is encouraging all Dominicans to care for the endemic tree known as Salcedoa Mirabaliarum. The plant is exclusive to the Dominican Republic and carries the name of the Mirabal sisters that were killed by Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in 1960 when fighting for democracy and equality. The species is unique in the world and is found in the Salcedoa Scientific Reserve in the Hermanas Mirabal province.
A board recently was appointed to monitor the Parque Lineal Juana Núñez in Salcedo running the course of the Juana Núñez river, the Jayao stream, the adherent forests, the Bosque de la Mujer, Cañada Bellaca, Lago Clavijo and old neighborhood known as Barrio El Matadero. On the board are representatives of the city government, the Ecological Society of Salcedo, the provincial senate office, representatives of the business, community and church groups, the governorship and the provincial office of the Ministry of Environment.
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El Nuevo Diario
20 December 2017
