Environment makes descent in Las Dunas de Baní

Authorities of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources yesterday they made a decrease in The Bani Dunesright in the area recently occupied by individuals in this scientific reserve Félix Servio Ducoudray.

Communities of The Calderaswho have defended this ecological heritage of the Banilejos for decades, reported that a delegation of fiscal attorneys accompanied by a military contingent arrived at the site where they have installed homes and other infrastructure that conflict with this protected areaas established by Law 202-04, of 2002.

A source with knowledge of this operation from the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Defense of Environment and Natural Resources in San Cristóbal, confirmed the ban of the environmental agency to The Dunes of Las Calderasalso indicating that the delegation was led by a court attorney, who directed the operation.

“In that deployment of prosecutors that took place yesterday in The Bani Dunesthere was the court magistrate, Francisco Contreras, head of the Environment and Natural Resources Attorney’s Office,” it was reported.

It was also reported that the head of the attorney general’s office responsible for San Cristóbal, Peravia, San José de Ocoa, Villa Altagracia and Azua, magistrate, was present. Rigoberto Santanaalong with a team of prosecutors and soldiers from the Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of San Cristobal.

Likewise, the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Protection of Human Rights has been present in this Scientific Reserve. Defense of the Environment and Natural Resources, with its head in charge, Judge Contreras, showing the interest of this organization in paying attention to the complaints of the community members of The Calderasmade through this newspaper.

Practically everyone was there, it was confirmed to this medium yesterday, “because there is a firm interest from the attorney general’s office and the Ministry of Environment “to recover this ecological asset of the Banilejos, of the country and of the Caribbean region, for its value and everything it represents as a scientific, cultural reserve and as a tourist attraction,” he assured.

the site

The Las Dunas area, where dozens of homes built by individuals can be seen, is located between the old (original) town of The Calderas and the place known as Rancho Mar, southwest of the town, was exposed by this newspaper, both in its printed and digital edition, last Saturday.

zero tolerance

The minister of Environment, Paino Henriquez, after that Daily List made known the complaints from organizations, community leaders and environmentalists who asked the Environmental authorities to pay attention “to the occupations of individuals that are occurring rapidly in Las Dunas de Baní, in the area near the town of Las Calderas.”

Here, after announcing a series of measures to put a stop to the occupations and other evils in Las Dunas, Minister Henríquez said that “our policy, both Environmentlike the military authorities; he SENPAthe Navy and the Ministry of Defense who have given us support, here our policy is zero tolerance regarding interventions in protected areas.”