Some Useful DR-related Environment Links

[priji]

This is very important forum and very useful .Every body cheque the forum in maximum useful, Environment & Natural recourses related in the DRL. Don't miss it. Thanks

[cotuísano]

Lots of links don't work anymore :

[Keith R]

Cotuisano, thanks for reminding me. It's been awhile since I checked and fixed the links in this thread. As with any large collection of links, they need periodic checking/repair because sites go off the air, change web addresses, etc. I'll put it on my to-do list and try to get them checked and updated this week. I'll post once that's all done.

[mariaobetsanov]

How about air quality report. I lived in Southern California, and part of the weather report is air quality. I have beeen Living in Santiago, and the air polution is up to the level that warning should be given to the population. Since moving here 2004 I have developed ahsma--- now I use a nubeliser every 4 1/2 hour I can't believe that not one single tv station post warning.

[Evans19]

Hi! Thanks for the links!

[Tropicdude]

Originally Posted by mariaobetsanov

How about air quality report. I lived in Southern California, and part of the weather report is air quality. I have beeen Living in Santiago, and the air polution is up to the level that warning should be given to the population. Since moving here 2004 I have developed ahsma--- now I use a nubeliser every 4 1/2 hour I can't believe that not one single tv station post warning.

Just figure it this way, if your in a city here in the DR, air quality is either bad, really bad, or extremely bad.

Million cars with no emission control = pollution , 1000s of diesel vehicles blowing black smoke all over without any controls = pollution.

[cbelle]

a lot of the links dont work is the information on waste laws out there?

[Keith R]

Originally Posted by cbelle

a lot of the links dont work is the information on waste laws out there?

cbelle, thanks for reminding me. It's been awhile since I checked and fixed the links in this thread. As with any large collection of links, they need periodic checking/repair because sites go off the air, change web addresses, etc. It's a time-consuming job that I don't have much time for at the moment, but I'll put it on my to-do list and try to get them checked and updated very soon.

Regarding waste laws, there are none at the national level in the DR except the ancient one (#218, adopted in 1984) on imports of wastes and/or hazardous substances and products [that's the one that was often cited when that fly ash was imported from Puerto Rico].

However there are a few norms (subsidiary legislation, not laws) regarding wastes, including:

Resolution 15-2009, on capturing biogas from landfills and "controlled dumps"

Resolution 2-2006 on hazardous substances and wastes

The Environmental Norms for Non-Hazardous Wastes (2003)

Resolution 12-2003 approving the norms for municipal solid wastes

In addition, Puerto Plata actually has a waste ordinance. My guess is that somewhere at some point a similar ordinance was passed by Santiago, but good luck finding it online. It's been awhile since I checked around to see if the various municipalities making up Santo Domingo have ever passed such an ordinance -- I guess that goes on my "to do" list too.

Hope this helps.