By Beata Lockwood
Caribbean Net News Dominican Republic Correspondent
Email: beata@caribbeannetnews.com
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic: After three days of meeting between environment ministers, ecological groups and supporting technicians, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba have signed a joint agreement to form an ecological corridor in the Caribbean.
The area will be known as the ‘Caribbean Biological Corridor’ and involves remoter areas in each of the countries.
The agreement was welcomed by United Nations officials and is seen as a first step in the ecological well-being of the Caribbean.
The Corridor was established to encourage and instruct the inhabitants of the areas in question to become aware of the ecological and future economic benefits for the areas, some of which have suffered from recent heavy rains, flooding and both ecological and economic losses.
Cuba, which spearheaded the meetings, has listed over 40 areas including the large Sierra Maestra mountain ranges.
The Dominican Republic and Haiti have listed 15 areas, which include mostly the border areas between the two countries, the most notable being the central mountain ranges and the border lakes. |
