Dominican Environment Minister Max Puig declared today that the river source of both the Comate and the Coratillo rivers is now to be a Provisional Protected Area. 

This also includes the forest cover which will conserve the zone’s natural and physical values. The declaration today is two fold, one it aims to protect the river sources as part of the waters course which will supply the adjacent communities and two it is part of the biodiversity and panorama elements that will be protected too. 

Max Puig said that the provisional protected areas were created in adherence with the Environment Law, and awaits Congress to give them definitive approval. Puig said “We have the will to protect our natural resources” and in that vein materials and equipment were given to the Environment Forest Rangers in Bayaguana.