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01-17-2007, 12:50 PM
Minister of the Environment Max Puig was very happy to announce the news that Dominican forests have grown by 5% over the past 15 years. The announcement was made in Santiago during a ceremony at the Centro Leon. Puig said that the Dominican Republic was one of the nations with a good environmental record, along with Costa Rica, Cuba and Jamaica. Also present at the activity that called for imposing fees for the use of the Yaque River watershed were executives from Plan Sierra, the Center for Agricultural and Forestry Development (CEDAF) and the German Cooperation Agency, GTZ.

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