{"id":62637,"date":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/pages\/un-coastal-protection-project-underway-for-samana-and-montecristi\/"},"modified":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","slug":"un-coastal-protection-project-underway-for-samana-and-montecristi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2015\/07\/07\/un-coastal-protection-project-underway-for-samana-and-montecristi\/","title":{"rendered":"UN coastal protection project underway for Samana and Montecristi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Environment signed an agreement with the United Nations to develop a project for the protection of biodiversity in tourism destination coastal areas. The United Nations is funding US$2.8 million for the project that will implement environmentally-friendly policies, train people in these areas and support local environmentally-friendly business efforts. <\/p>\n<p>Two pilot areas have been chosen: Montecristi and Samana. The UN says the experiences will then be replicated in other areas of the country. <\/p>\n<p>The agreement was signed by Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia and Environment Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez and by the UN Development Plan director in the country, Lorenzo Jimenez de Luis. <\/p>\n<p>Environment Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez explained: &#8220;The plan is to organize the coastal and marine ecosystems so these can be adequately used in a way they contribute to economic wellbeing. &#8221; He said the agreement is an important part of the National Development Strategy. <\/p>\n<p>Tourism Minister Garcia highlighted: &#8220;The country cannot develop if there is not an effective environmental protection policy.&#8221; Garica highlighted that the tourist who visits the Dominican Republic has a high regard for caring for the environment. <\/p>\n<p>For the United Nations, Jimenez de Luis said that the agreement unites two fundamental objectives that are promotion of tourism and environmental protection. <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/ecos\/2015\/07\/03\/i1222801_medio-ambiente-turismo-pnud-acuerdan-us2-millones-para-proteger-playas-tursticas.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Environment signed an agreement with the United Nations to develop a project for the protection of biodiversity in tourism destination coastal areas. The United Nations is funding US$2.8 million for the project that will implement environmentally-friendly policies, train people in these areas and support local environmentally-friendly business efforts. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2015\/07\/07\/un-coastal-protection-project-underway-for-samana-and-montecristi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[247,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}