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10-01-2009, 07:00 PM
The United Nations committee that is studying the legality and environmental implications of building a cement factory near the perimeter of the Los Haitises National Park says it has postponed the presentation of that report until further notice. The report had been promised from 20-30 September, but committee members now say that the delay is due to the high volume of information they have had to process.
The UN report is intended to provide information for the pending legal battle in Dominican courts. The court has postponed judgment in the case, pending the completion of the UN report.
Los Haitises hit the headlines several months ago, when the media and the Internet came alive with a mass rejection by large sectors of Dominican society of the plan to build a factory in the vulnerable ecological area. In contrast, media coverage against the cement factory has been muted because at least one of the largest media groups belongs to the same owners as the planned factory. A major protest concert was held at Plaza de Espana, and individual protests have been held at the proposed site and in Santo Domingo. Public rejection of the project was registered in a recent Gallup poll, which found that 85% of Dominicans were against the cement plant's chosen location.
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The UN report is intended to provide information for the pending legal battle in Dominican courts. The court has postponed judgment in the case, pending the completion of the UN report.
Los Haitises hit the headlines several months ago, when the media and the Internet came alive with a mass rejection by large sectors of Dominican society of the plan to build a factory in the vulnerable ecological area. In contrast, media coverage against the cement factory has been muted because at least one of the largest media groups belongs to the same owners as the planned factory. A major protest concert was held at Plaza de Espana, and individual protests have been held at the proposed site and in Santo Domingo. Public rejection of the project was registered in a recent Gallup poll, which found that 85% of Dominicans were against the cement plant's chosen location.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)