The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, is launching the Dominican Republic’s most comprehensive environmental protection program in the history of the country. With a $10 million multi-year grant from USAID funding the expansion, the program will seek to engage industries in sustainable practices, conserve biodiversity and establish stable funding for a network of new and existing protected areas throughout the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Designed for serious nature lovers, the Central Mountain package takes us through the highest mountain range in all the Caribbean, also known as the Caribbean Alps. This relaxing ecological retreat takes us through cloud forests, unique rock formations, hundreds of beautiful rivers and waterfalls, all of which combine to make the region the islands biggest source of fresh water, spawning countless numbers of rivers and creeks, which then run throughout the whole country. Read the rest of this entry »
