NewsWhore
08-31-2007, 02:30 PM
Environment Minister Omar Ramirez Tejada has reinstated the Quisqueya Verde Plan (Green Quisqueya) along the border with Haiti. As reported in El Dia, he announced a plan to invest CAN$25 million in the tree planting that begins in October. He said that the plan would be carried out jointly with the Canadian venture to rescue the Artibonite River that borders both the DR and Haiti. He said Offem Quebec would be contributing CAN$5.5 million. "Quisqueya Verde is not only about planting trees in the mountains, but it will also plant in schools and homes to return the greenery to all the country," he said. He said the plan would benefit 10,000 rural families.
Quisqueya Verde was a major reforestation effort under former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez. Ramirez is known to have close links with the former Vice President's faction within the PLD.
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Quisqueya Verde was a major reforestation effort under former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez. Ramirez is known to have close links with the former Vice President's faction within the PLD.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)