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12-08-2008, 03:11 PM
Minister of the Environment Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal said that powerful people are trying to undermine the environmental protection laws. With this in mind, he said that he was submitting legislation to the Congress aimed at sending violators of the environmental laws to jail. He said that "was why I have said that I need eight more years (in the ministry) although that sounds like Balaguer, but we need a national project." He made these comments to Miguel Guerrero on the Portada 15 program on Channel Digital 15. Fernandez Mirabal said that ecocide is a crime of "lesa patria" worse than killing a person, because it threatens future generations. At the same time the Minister of the Environment said that some eleven sand and gravel companies continue to operate around the rivers in spite of the fact that the grace period for dismantling them is over. He cited the Yaque del Sur, Haina and the Camu as three of the rivers still being exploited. He said that the areas will be replanted with trees purchased from local farmers.
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