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Puntacana Hotel invites guests to annual bird count

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:36:18 +0000

Punta Cana.– Guests at both Tortuga Bay and the Puntacana Resort & Club complex are invited to participate in the Dominican Republics’s annual bird count with renowned ornithologist Dr. André Dhondt, from December 28 through January 2.

Groups of 10 will have the opportunity to don binoculars and field guides and head into the resort’s nature preserve to help conduct the yearly census, focused on 27 indigenous bird species native only to the Dominican Republic.

Since it’s inception in 1969, Puntacana has focused on sustainable expansion and protecting the natural environment that its guests come to enjoy. The launch of this “voluntourism” component, though, is a new way to get guests involved directly with the enjoyment of that sustainability.

Dominican Republic receives US$10 million for protected areas

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:01:07 +0000

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As Dominican forests are ravaged, endemic species vanish, ecologists warn

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:34:17 +0000

SANTO DOMINGO.- Two prestigious ecologists yesterday warned that Dominican Republic must protect its forests to prevent droughts and the extinction of many endemic species, threatened by the high depredation levels.

Biologist and National District Environmental Information Center director Milcíades Mejía, and Botanical Garden director Ricardo Garcia, in a ceremony to mark Arbor Day, said there’s a need to face the danger of extinction of Dominican Republic’s different species.

The municipal authorities celebrated Arbor Day with the participation of hundreds of students from Santo Domingo public and private schools.

Mejía, a former director of the Botanical Gardens, urged the citizens to protect the biodiversity and together with the entire population, create awareness on the need to preserve the environment. Mejía and Garcia headed the event aimed at protecting forests.

Source: DominicanToday.com