Engineer Manual Serrano, Director of the Plan Quisqueya Verde (Green Quisqueya Plan) reforestation program, reports that the program has managed to plant 120,000 new trees in its first 15 months of operation. The PQV was launched in recognition of the environmental dangers posed by the past deforestation in the DR, which had reduced soil fertility while increasing soil erosion and the danger of floods and mudslides. So far cedar, mahogany, eucalyptus, coffee and orange trees have been planted in 15 provinces as part of the project.
