H.ctor Iv.n Gonz.lez-Marine Protected Areas of the Dominican...
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SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MEDIO AMBIENTE SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MEDIO AMBIENTE Y RECURSOS NATURALES Y RECURSOS NATURALES Subsecretar Subsecretar í í a de a de Á Á reas Protegidas y Biodiversidad reas Protegidas y Biodiversidad “ “ Marine Protected Areas of the Marine Protected Areas of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic ” ” Ing. Héctor Iván González Brioso Presented by: Presented by: IABIN Marine Protected Areas Workshop March 11th-13th of 2008, Ocho Rios Jamaica
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of
Pro
tect
ed A
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tect
ed A
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1.-P
rese
rve
the
repr
esen
tativ
e na
tura
l eco
syst
ems
of th
e di
vers
e bi
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phic
and
eco
logi
cal r
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ns o
f the
cou
ntry
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ect
the
wat
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eds,
hy
drol
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cy
cles
, bi
otic
co
mm
uniti
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parti
cula
r ge
netic
re
sour
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and
the
gene
tic
dive
rsity
of
na
tura
l ec
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tem
s an
d th
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elem
ents
.
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uppo
rt th
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pmen
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cote
chni
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nd im
prov
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e ra
tiona
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d su
stai
nabl
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of
the
natu
ral
ecos
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ms
and
thei
r ele
men
ts.
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Prot
ect s
cena
ries
and
natu
ral v
iew
s.
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tribu
tion
of th
e pr
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ted
area
s D
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butio
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the
prot
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tratio
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he n
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ad
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a m
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at
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ain,
tick
et s
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rs, e
tc.
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tect
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Mar
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tect
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the
dry
fore
st,
Big
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the
dry
fore
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wet
land
, man
grov
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ultu
ral a
nd h
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nd, m
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tura
l and
his
toric
al
reso
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land
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niqu
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ndem
ic a
nd
reso
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land
s, u
niqu
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ndem
ic a
nd
enda
nger
ed s
peci
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nger
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art o
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for a
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paci
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cont
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trol.
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toric
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ultu
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sys
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, his
toric
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nd c
ultu
ral
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ular
and
end
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and
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and
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and
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s N
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nriq
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as
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