State retakes Bahia de las Aguilas property titles
No one was penalized despite the lengthy legal process, but the good news is that the country has resumed ownership of the beach land known as Bahia de las Aguilas in the Jaragua National Park in southwestern Pedernales province. Legal advisor to the President, Flavio Darío Espinal received from Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez the property title for almost 362 million square meters corresponding to Bahía de las Aguilas in Enriquillo, Barahona.
The dispute of the ownership of the land began in 1992 and has just concluded. The legal case on behalf of the government was started in 1997 by prosecutor Piky Lora. Upon her death in 2013, the case would be continued by her daughter, lawyer Laura Acosta.
Bahia de las Aguilas is a protected area. The protected area has difficult access by land. It includes an 8 km long white sand beach with the same vegetation from the time of the Taino Indians. No coconut trees have been planted there.
The development of tourist infrastructure in the area is banned by the Environment Law 64-00, Sectorial Law for Protected Areas 202-04, The UN Convention on Biological Biodiversity, the UNESCO Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region, among others.
Nevertheless, the Medina administration has invited several international tourism industry development companies to tour the site. The government has said it has plans to call an global tender to hire a marketing company to promote foreign investment in Bahia de las Aguilas.
Source: DR1, DiarioLibre
June 3, 2019
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