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11-12-2009, 05:00 PM
The United Nations team of experts is promising to deliver their conclusion on the viability of installing a cement plant in the buffer zone of the Los Haitises National Park by "late November". The publication of the UN report had originally been promised for late September, but the team says that the wealth of information and the work with multiple UN agency teams increased the complexity, causing the delay.
The good news is that the UN teams say that all the documentation that has been studied and the documents they produce will be available to the general public once the evaluation is concluded.
The multi-sectorial UN teams were called in after local environmental campaigners and representatives from other national sectors rejected the installation of the cement plant on the site. The proposed site had the personal support of President Leonel Fernandez, despite initial rejection by Ministry of Environment officials.
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The good news is that the UN teams say that all the documentation that has been studied and the documents they produce will be available to the general public once the evaluation is concluded.
The multi-sectorial UN teams were called in after local environmental campaigners and representatives from other national sectors rejected the installation of the cement plant on the site. The proposed site had the personal support of President Leonel Fernandez, despite initial rejection by Ministry of Environment officials.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)