{"id":2024,"date":"2008-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2008-02-25T20:27:50","modified_gmt":"2008-02-25T16:27:50","slug":"noti666","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti666\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geographic, GFDD and FUNGLODE"},"content":{"rendered":"



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\n		National Geographic, GFDD and FUNGLODE <\/STRONG>Launch First Dominican Republic Adventure Map<\/STRONG>
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(Washington, DC, February 19, 2008) <\/EM>The National Geographic Society (NGS) has just published the first adventure map of the Dominican Republic. The project has been made possible thanks to support from Dominican President, Dr. Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, and collaboration by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundaci\u00f3n Global Democracia y Desarrollo<\/A> (FUNGLODE) and the Instituto Cartogr\u00e1fico Militar Dominicano (Dominican Military Institute of Cartography). The map meets the need to strengthen and expand upon the nation\u2019s visitors and the tourist industry\u2019s understanding and perception of the Caribbean nation; promote the diversification of tourist offerings; and create a solid cartographic base for the country — requisites identified by the Dominican President.<\/P>
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This initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE forms part of the Foundations\u2019 shared mission to reinforce national identity..<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/DIV>This publication is the first in the field of geo-tourism and adventure travel that unites reliable and appealing information for tourists interested in becoming more familiar with what the country\u2019s more conventional routes, the adventurous spirit seeking to explore remote areas, and Dominican citizens, all of whom, for the first time, will have access to a tool of this kind and caliber.
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In response to local input, National Geographic has produced the one of a kind adventure map in both English and Spanish. The release of this publication concludes a work process of various years carried out by an international interdisciplinary team led by GFDD Executive Director and FUNGLODE Vice President, Natasha Despotovic, which has been supporting the work of NGS.<\/P>
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To bring to fruition this unprecedented endeavor, NGS relied upon the trustworthy information that GFDD and FUNGLODE have accumulated about the country and its extraordinary resources via their numerous initiatives, as well as technical support from the Instituto Cartogr\u00e1fico Militar and its team of professionals, led by General Rosanna Pons. <\/P>
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Contributions by archeologist, Adolfo L\u00f3pez, and oceanographic expert, Roberto Llerena, also aided in the development of this extraordinary resource aimed at experts, tourists and the Dominican public at large.<\/P>
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Photographer, Anne Casale, GFDD and FUNGLODE collaborator and Co-Author of the book, New Perspectives: Dominican Republic<\/EM>, has contributed to the development of the map with a selection of diverse, high-quality photographs.<\/P>
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This initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE forms part of the Foundations\u2019 shared mission to reinforce national identity, and recognize and publish important materials related to the Dominican Republic\u2019s natural and cultural resources. In order to fulfill these objectives, GFDD and FUNGLODE realize projects like Portal Dominicanaonline (www.dominicanaonline.org<\/A>) and the recently published illustrated book, Dominican Republic: New Perspectives <\/EM>(\/Portal\/english\/compras\/compras.asp<\/A>).<\/P>
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The map is currently available in English anywhere National Geographic products are sold, as well as through NGS\u2019s online store. The Spanish version of the map will soon be available.<\/P>
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The National Geographic\u2019s travel guide on the Dominican Republic developed through support by the Dominican President and collaboration by GFDD and FUNGLODE is currently in the process of production.<\/P>
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Online Store: Dominican Republic Adventure Map<\/STRONG>
http:\/\/shop.nationalgeographic.com\/product\/367\/4238\/245.html<\/A> <\/P>
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Online Store:<\/STRONG> National Geographic Country Guidebooks<\/STRONG>
http:\/\/shop.nationalgeographic.com\/product\/188\/133\/114.html<\/A><\/P>
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National Geographic, GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch First Dominican Republic Adventure Map (Washington, DC, February 19, 2008) The National Geographic Society (NGS) has just published the first adventure map of the Dominican Republic. The project has been made possible thanks to support from Dominican President, Dr. Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, and collaboration by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development … Continue reading “National Geographic, GFDD and FUNGLODE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}