SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MEDIO AMBIENTE Y RECURSOS NATURALES Subsecretar

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SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MEDIO AMBIENTE Y
RECURSOS NATURALESSubsecretaría de Áreas
Protegidas y Biodiversidad

• Marine Protected Areas of the Dominican Republic

Presented by
Ing. Héctor Iván González Brioso
IABIN Marine Protected Areas Workshop March
11th-13th of 2008, Ocho Rios Jamaica
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Some characteristics of the Dominican Republic

• Area 48,442 km².
• Perimeter 1,963 km (1,575 km of coast and 488 km
  of boarder with Haiti).
• Lowest point is the Enriquillo Lake with 43 m
  under the sea level and the highest is the
  Duartes Peak with 3,175 m over the sea level,
  being the highest of the Antilles.

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National System of Protected Areas

• Law 202-04

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Objectives of the National System of Protected
Areas
1.- Preserve the representative natural
ecosystems of the diverse biographic and
ecological regions of the country. 2.- Protect
the watersheds, hydrologic cycles, biotic
communities, particular genetic resources and the
genetic diversity of natural ecosystems and their
elements. 3.- Support the development of
ecotechnics and improve the rational and
sustainable used of the natural ecosystems and
their elements. 4.- Protect scenaries and
natural views.
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Distribution of the protected areas by the Law
202-04

• 6 Scientific Reserves.
• 2 Marine Mammals Sanctuary.
• 17 National Parks.
• 2 Submarine National Parks.
• 17 Natural Monuments.
• 15 Wildlife Refugie.
• 15 Forest Reserve.
• 9 Panoramic view.
• 3 Recreational National Area.
• Total of 86 protected areas, which 34 have
  already administration.
• These areas represent the 25 of the national
  territory.

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Marine Protected Areas

• Marine Mammals Sanctuary
• Banco de la Plata y de la Navidad
• Estero Hondo
• National Parks
• Enriquillo Lake
• Los Haitises
• Del Este
• Jaragua
• Manglares de Estero Balsa
• Manglares del Bajo Yuna

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Marine Protected Areas

• Submarine National Parks
• Montecristi
• La Caleta
• Natural Monuments
• Dunas de Las Calderas
• Isla Catalina
• Wildlife Refugie
• Lagunas Redonda y Limón
• Cayo Siete Hermanos
• Laguna Rincón o Cabral

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Management
Of the 86 protected areas that are included in
the National System of Protected Areas, only 34
counts with administration. This administration
consist in a manager, supervisor, rangers,
secretarys, in the case of marine areas a boat
captain, ticket sellers, etc.
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Marine Protected Áreas
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Jaragua National Park

• Big representation of the dry forest, wetland,
  mangroves, cultural and historical resources,
  islands, unique, endemic and endangered species.
• Is part of the Biosphere Reserve
  Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo declared by the UN in
  2002

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Jaragua National Park
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National Park of the East

• Protection cultural, historical and marine
  resources, mangroves, caves, flora and fauna
  unique and particular, spare areas, ecotourism.

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HISPANIOLAN PARROT
HERON
WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON
STYGIAN OWL
PLAIN PIGEON
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JUTIA
SNAKES
TURTLE
LIZARD
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GENERAL INFOMRATION NATIONAL PARK
OF THE EAST
AREA 430 SQUARE KILOMETERS
LOCATION SOUTHEAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
CLIMATE RAINFALL FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 38 AND 79 INCHES PER YEAR
LIFE ZONES HUMID SUBTROPICAL FOREST AND DRY SUBTROPICAL FOREST
VEGETATION 573 SPECIES (53 ENDEMIC, 484 NATIVE 35 INTRODUCED)
AVIFAUNA 144 SPECIES (9 ENDEMIC OF THE ISLAND AND 11 OF THE CARIBBEAN)
FAUNA MAJORITY OF HISPANIOLANS MAMALS
ENDANGERED SPECIES SOLENODON, JUTIA, CARIBBEAN MANATEE, LOGGER-HEAD TURTLE, GREEN TURTLE AND HAWSKBILL TURTLE
INSTITUTION IN CHARGE OF CONSERVANCY VICE-MINISTRY OF PROTECTED AREAS AND BIODIVERSITY
ACTIVITIES OFFER TREKING, HORSE RIDING, SCUBA-DIVING, BIRDS OBSERVATION, CAVES OBSERVATION, SWIMING, SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS, VOLLEY BALL
SERVICES TRANSPORTATION, BOAT TRIPING, FOOD SERVICES, BATHROOMS, TOURGUIDES
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MAJOR PROBLEMS

• Un-effective garbage control.
• Water pollution by boats.
• Damaged species caused by the visitors impact.
• Few infrastructures for a good service.
• No control of charge capacity.
• Few ecological paths.
• Forest fires.
• No environmental management control.

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Los Haitises National Park

• Karstic system, historical and cultural
  resources, wetland, mangroves, endemic, singular
  and endangered flora and fauna, wide cave system

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Los Haitises National Park
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Fauna Species
Carey (Eretmochelys Imbricata)
Cotorra (Amazona Ventralis)
Manatí (Trichechus manatus)
Solenodonte (Solenodón paradoxus)
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Cont. Fauna
Barrancolí (Todus Angustirotris)
Tórtola Kabiche (Zenaida Macroura
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Cont. Fauna
Pelícano (Pelecanus Occidentalis)
Papagayo (Priotelus Roseigater)
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Natural Monument Dunas de Las Calderas

• Dunes protection system, most singular dunes of
  the Caribbean and fauna and flora associated to it

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Enriquillo Lake National Park

• Biggest lake of the Antilles and serves as
  protection of endemic species of the region and
  the island. Crocodriles (american) and iguanas.

• Is part of the Biosphere Reserve
• Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo declared
• by the UN in 2002

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Enriquillo Lake National Park
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Thank You