Puig criticizes plan

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Environment Minster Max Puig is criticizing efforts by some legislators who want to reform law 202-04 governing protected areas. Puig, quoted in Hoy, says that the country's protected areas are under attack from people who are continuously trying to take control of lands that he says are also part of the country's heritage. Currently 27% of the country's territory is protected under the law. Puig has refused to name names but says that if the process continues he will reveal the legislators who are trying to modify the law so that the whole country knows who they are. Puig referred to the log cutting incident at the National Park of the East in Higuey province where a court allowed 35 million square meters of protected land to be used for logging, although he says that the ruling is in appeal because the judge made a mistake in the case. Puig also denied reports printed a US newspaper that stated that the DR would be exporting sand from its beaches to Miami. Puig says that the DR would not export its sand anywhere, under any circumstances.
The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Julio Cesar Valentin challenged Puig to release the names of the legislators.

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