Ulrick Bain, the Departmental Director of West 2 of the Ministry of the Environment, at the head of a delegation, recently made aware the local authorities, community leaders and notables of the island of La Gonâve around the accelerated degradation of the island environment.

He insisted on the need to carry out reforestation activities and to prioritize environmental education in order to better address the environmental problems of Gonâve.

In his speech Ulrick Bain urged the participants not to give in to the whims of the environmental predators present on the island. Recalling that the destruction of mangroves on the coast and deforestation makes Gonâviens more vulnerable to natural hazards and especially to the adverse effects of climate change.

Bain, called on the Gonâvienne community to collaborate to facilitate the actions of the Ministry and invited the new local representative of the Ministry : Frltzner Eliassaint, to get to work quickly to meet the expectations of the community as desired by the Minister of the Environment. James Cadet

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