#PuertoRico represents at the IUCN SSC Iguana Specialist Group Meeting in the Galapagos, and the have big plans for Mona Island! Mona Island would be the Galapagos of the Caribbean Launched plans to develop the research station in the reserve At that annual meeting, Dr. García Bermúdez could expose the results of the work being carried out in the nature reserve with the species in danger of extinction. (Mean GFR) Go wind in Stern plans to enhance the operation of a scientific station in the Natural Reserve of the island of Mona. These days the Department of natural and environmental resources started the process to sign agreements of collaboration with the directors of the Charles Darwin station (ECD) and the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF), in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Dr. Miguel García Bermúdez, director of the Department of fishery and wildlife of the DNER, traveled last week to Galapagos and there he met Johanna Carrión, Assistant Executive and inter-institutional relations and Noemí Guerra, CDF, in order to receive advice. The biologist also participated as a speaker at the annual meeting of the group specialized in Iguanas of the species survival Commission attached to the International Union for the conservation of nature (IUCN, by its acronym in English). At that annual meeting, Dr. García Bermúdez could expose the results of the work being carried out in the nature reserve with the species in danger of extinction, such as the endemic iguana of Mona, and the tasks of control of invasive species in the island of Monito. The members of the Charles Darwin Foundation expressed its intention to support our initiative and agreed with the doctor García have an encounter in later stages of the development of the concept, explained Carmen Guerrero Perez, Secretary of the DNER. We want that Mona is the Galapagos of the Caribbean as a World Center for scientific research and ecotourism. Mona is the only big island of the Caribbean uninhabited and that makes it ideal for scientists studying endangered species, its diverse ecosystems and their responses to climate change, among many other areas of study,said the official. The Planner said that in addition to empowering Mona as a destination for eco-tourism and scientific tourism, promote education and environmental interpretation, encourage the creation of more jobs in the West and ensure that more people know the invaluable having Mona both locally and internationally.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:00:00 +0000
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