SANTO DOMINGO.
- The ex-vice president of the United States,
Al Gore, cites Dominican Republic as a positive
example, when comparing nations that have suitable
environmental policies with those that don’t,
mentioning Haiti among latter.
In the Oscar-winning documentary on global warming
Gore uses aerial photographs of the border between
Dominican Republic and Haiti, which show a desert
on one side from deforestation, and greenery
from the abundant vegetation on the other.
Gore uses the example to show that the environment
is a political problem and said for that reason
the governments must face that situation with
a reaction. "It’s a political problem.
This is the border between Haiti and Dominican
Republic (showing the photo a desert on the Haiti
side- a series of policies here (deforested Haiti),
other policies here (green Dominican Republic)."
In his documentary Gore said that governments
must establish policies to preserve the environment
and warned how uncontrolled population growth
brings more pressure to bear on the natural resources.
He said desertification is caused not just by
the cutting of trees but also by forest fires.
Gore won an Oscar for the documentary "An
inconvenient truth" in which he explains
with images taken around the world the effects
of global warming, and the recommendations by
scientists to face the problem.
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