The Dominican Republic increased its forest coverage 5.4% in the past seven years. Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez wants the media to reach a strategic alliance with the Ministry of Environment to benefit the forests. In a press conference on Wednesday, 29 December, Jaime David Fernandez said that national forests coverage is 33-33.5%. The Ministry of Environment announced 2011 is the International Year of Forests.<\/p>\n
He said in 1996 the forest coverage was 27.5%. He said the increase is attributed to the Plan Nacional Quisqueya Verde, an effort that began when he was Vice President of the Republic from 1996-2000 and since he was named Minister of Environment in August 2008.<\/p>\n
He said this year 11,400,000 trees belonging to 5 different species have been planted, namely mahogany, local pine, cedar, oak and tamarind.<\/p>\n
In 2011 the Ministry of Environment will be working from new offices at Avenida Luperon corner Cayetano Germosen, as reported in Hoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dominican Republic increased its forest coverage 5.4% in the past seven years. Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez wants the media to reach a strategic alliance with the Ministry of Environment to benefit the forests. In a press conference on Wednesday, 29 December, Jaime David Fernandez said that national forests coverage is 33-33.5%. The Ministry … <\/p>\n