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Environmental experts analyze reforestation efforts in Puerto Rico

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Limarys SUÁREZ Torres / lsuarez1@elnuevodia.com

El Nuevo Día and several environmentalists review the last 20 years of reforestation efforts in Puerto Rico and conclude that many of them have been done in the wrong places. Although 13 million trees have been planted in that period of time, they have done little to mitigate urban flooding, heat, noise and water contamination.

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Architects defend Guanica's Dry Forest Reserve

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The College of Architects and Landscaping Architects of Puerto Rico demanded that the president of the Planification Board, Rubén Flores Marzán, does not allow a proposal to change the protection status of 60 acres within the Guanica Dry Forest Reserve to move forward.

 

 

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