Economy November 14, 2016 - 4:32 pm

Reforestation Month: Environment plants 2.04M seedlings

Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry on Mondayreported that in October, Reforestation Month, the planting of 2.04 millionseedlings, which exceeded the goal of 2.0 million.

It said several days of reforestation werecarried out in all provinces across the country, especially those with a lowerforest population

"Watersheds, high mountains and areas ofinfluence of the dams were also of high priority to guarantee water production,"Environment said in a press release..

It adds that among the varieties planted figurecedar, pine, mahogany, lignum vitae, Honduran mahogany, sea grape, almacigo,tamarind, mara, sauco, oak, cabirma, among others.

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