Listin Diario and Diario Libre have carried reports over the Christmas holidays on the continuing presence of Haitian farm workers in the protected Constanza province mountain areas. The Ministry of Environment under former head, Francisco Dominguez Brito had ordered an end to farming in the area on grounds that it is an importance source of water for the country.
The investigative reports say that despite the past order, the new authorities under Environment Minister Angel Estevez are not following up on the eviction and farming control in the area. Listin Diario says that in the area of La Curva de El Convento has been taken over by the Haitian farm hands, replacing the Dominicans who left when farming was banned. The Ministry of Environment under Angel Estevez insists that the Haitian farmer settlements are located outside of the vulnerable areas.
Diario Libre focused also on how the bad farming practices are affecting the river levels in the same Constanza province area.
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Listin Diario
Hoy
2 January 2019
