{"id":11445,"date":"2018-09-06T05:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T05:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/?p=11445"},"modified":"2018-09-10T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T10:06:50","slug":"primer-grupo-privado-de-bavaro-que-invierte-en-jardineria-de-corales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/primer-grupo-privado-de-bavaro-que-invierte-en-jardineria-de-corales\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurial Groups Come Together to Further Coral Garden Program in B\u00e1varo\u2019s Coastal Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Altagracia, September 6, 2018 \u2013 <\/strong>Due to the serious damage suffered by the coral reef barrier of the B\u00e1varo region, on the country\u2019s eastern region, a group of private business representatives and the Association of Aquatic Services of La Altagracia Province, came\u00a0 together to open a coral farming program that three years later has turned out to be more than successful.<\/p>\n

In order to guarantee the program\u2019s success, organizers joined forces with the Grupo Puntacana Foundation, the country\u2019s leading pro-environment organization. \u00a0The project began in the \u201cCabeza de Toro\u201d section of the eastern region, an important tourism enclave.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a tremendous initiative for all of us, made possible thanks to the support and collaboration provided by the Grupo Puntacana Foundation,\u201d stated Emile Mariotti, president of the Association of Aquatic Services of the country\u2019s eastern region.<\/p>\n

At the same\u00a0 time,\u00a0 Albania Mart\u00ednez \u2013 vice president of the organization – explained that the positive results of the project also had to do with the support received by the Armed Forces through Vice Admirals Edwin Dominici Rosario and Edmundo F\u00e9lix Pimentel, with an additional program to reorganize B\u00e1varo Beach and which constituted the second phase of the coral farming program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could not have launched this program, to plant and replant coral seedlings in the region, if the beach area was not properly organized as well as the circulation of boats in nearby waters. \u00a0Without this part of the program the coral farming project would have died.\u201d<\/p>\n

Association members also explained that the coral reefs of the Caribbean region have suffered serious damage due to recent hurricanes, inadequate fishing methods (through the use of explosives and chlorine), as well as other ecological factors related to fish and algae.\u201d<\/p>\n

The implementation of the program in the Bavaro region\u00a0 is part of an overall project that will benefit other ecosystems, such as the Coral Reefs of the Southeast.<\/p>\n

Association representatives stated that one of their priorities is to protect the coral reefs and work to guarantee their recovery.\u00a0 The project will not only benefit the local marine flora and fauna, but will also have a tremendous positive impact in that important tourism region.<\/p>\n

THE CORAL REEFS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coral reefs are marine ecosystems found in tropical regions and are usually found near shallow waters near the coastline.\u00a0\u00a0Corals are primitive organisms that produce calcium carbonate. Other coral reefs and algae grow in this ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Coral reefs are home to all kinds of marine life such as shellfish, star fish and sea urchins, among others. Some four thousand species of fish, 700 species of coral, and thousands of other marine wildlife live in this impressive marine ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Because of their strategic positioning between the coastal areas and open waters, coral reefs are important physical barriers that protect mangroves and other coastal and marine systems from incoming waves.<\/p>\n

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La Altagracia, September 6, 2018 \u2013 Due to the serious damage suffered by the coral reef barrier of the B\u00e1varo region, on the country\u2019s eastern region, a group of private business representatives and the Association of Aquatic Services of La Altagracia Province, came\u00a0 together to open a coral farming program that three years later has … Continue reading “Entrepreneurial Groups Come Together to Further Coral Garden Program in B\u00e1varo\u2019s Coastal Region”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11460,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11445\/revisions\/11460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}