DR and Haiti sign agreement

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The Dominican Republic and Haiti have signed a cross-border environmental project with the aim of protecting, valuing and making use of the biodiversity of the areas surrounding the Enriquillo and Azuei lakes in the south west of the DR, on the border with Haiti. The three-year project involves a total investment of EUR2.5million. The European Union is providing the funds and of the total amount, EUR1,362,400 will go to the Haitian side and EUR1,137,600 will be for the Dominican side. The project also seeks to educate people living in the surrounding areas, provide better training for the authorities and develop a wind power system, among other things. The agreement was signed by Dominican Environment Minister Max Puig and his Haitian counterpart Jean Marie Claude Germaine in the southwestern border town of Jimani.

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