Arson attack in Cabarete
Unknown people set fire again to a large area in the municipal district of Cabarete, in what is described as a new attack on the environment. The forest fire devoured dozens of nests, eggs and chicks as well as killed crabs, turtles and other species, endemic to the area.
According to Máximo Reynoso Vásquez, the fire affected a school in La Cienaga when the dense smoke caused breathing difficulties for the students and teachers as well as local residents.
Cabarete residents say they are fed up with the number of arson attacks against the environment and complain that the authorities are doing nothing. They recall that precisely a year ago, an arson attack destroyed thousands of square meters of vegetation in Islabon in Cabarete including the destruction of flora in the natural wetland in the protected area.
Environmentalist Michel Gay-Crosier says that the fires are set twice a year so that those who set them can fish, or take land to build homes, without thinking of the environmental damage.
Source: DR1, Eldia
June 3, 2019
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