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From its beginning, Grupo Jaragua has been involved in numerous initiatives aimed at preserving biodiversity and the environment. In fact, many of these activities, because of the urgency they often require, use up a large part of Grupo Jaragua's staff. Currently, Grupo Jaragua is especially involved with the Coalition for the Defense of Protected Areas, formed in April of 2004 to oppose the degradation of the national protected area system. The system is threatened by the Protected Area Law submitted at that time to the Dominican Republic's Senate and Congress, and approved in August of 2004, despite widespread opposition from many sectors of Dominican Society. Currently, Grupo presides the Coalition, and last September coordinated with all other Coalition members the submission of a motion of appeal to the Dominican Republic's Supreme Court, claiming the illegality of this Law under a number of concepts. For more information, or to join this coalition, please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/salvemoslasareasprotegidas/
Children's Summer Camp Every year, starting in 199?, Grupo Jaragua organizes a children's summer camp in Oviedo, Pedernales. The theme of the camp is nature preservation. Many companies and individual donors contribute every year to making it possible every year, through their in-kind and monetary donations (including working for free). The camp is a big hit among the children of Oviedo. In 2004, over one hundred kids from Oviedo attended. Grupo Jaragua is interested in that local people benefit from Jaragua's Natural Park's resources in a sustainable manner, particularly through nature tourism. To this end, we are training local youths as nature guides. The training program includes talks and trips that show them the most important natural, historic, and cultural resources of the area. Participation in Courses, Events XIV Congress of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds. Tobago. July 2003 (three papers presented).
III Regional Meeting of Partners for the Americas and Climate Change Workshop. Asunción, Paraguay. 23-30 Augost 2003.
III World Conservation Congress. Bangkok, Thailand. 17-25 November 2004. http://www.iucn.org/congress/index.cfm
Biodiversity Information Systems training course. JICA, Japan, 21 Septiembre-21 Noviembre 2004.
V Congreso Mundial de Areas Protegidas. Durban, Africa del Sur. 18-17 de Septiembre 2003.
Workshop on erosion processes on sandy beaches of the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica, 8-9 September, 2003.
http://www.listin.com.do/antes/abril04/280404/cuerpos/vida/vid2.htm Since 1994, a group of youths from the communities of El Cajuil, Tres Charcos, La Colonia and Oviedo, got involved in Grupo's research and extension tasks. Through the years, this group has grown and become stronger, and is currently one of the local groups that provides more support for Grupo in the area of Jaragua National Park.
Song/Video about Bahía de las Aguilas Overtaken by the beauty of Bahía de las Aguilas, the Dominican artist Chichí Peralta composed a song in its honor to help prevent its environmental deterioration. To bring his creation to the public, he assembled a team of renowned national and international artists, who kindly donated their talents for this noble cause. Support for the project was also provided by Banco del Progreso Dominicano. Colaboration with External Researchers Alex Tewfik (2000-2001, PhD research on seagrass ecology, McGill University, Canada) Entomologos Cubanos? Fotografa de insectos? Kathleen Hurley (2003 Resarch on Dominican coral reefs, Fullbright Scholar, EEUU) Marjorie Hennessy (2004 Master's project on landscape architecture, University of Miami, EEUU) Rodrigo ? e Ingrid ? (2004 Estudios de Arrecifes de Coral dentro del programa AGRRA, University of Miami, EEUU)
Last Updated: 17 Nov 2005 Questions or coments about this page? contact: Yolanda León
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