This video is about the Hispaniolan Solenodon. Grupo Jaragua’s
first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened
Caribbean forest Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife
in the Dominican Republic) has successfully purchased a 100 ha
corridor of transitional, previously unprotected and highly
threatened forest within the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo
Biosphere Reserve. The initiative, a first in terms of land
purchase for Grupo Jaragua, is an important step towards halting
the conversion of Caribbean forest with high conservation value
to low yield cattle or crop farming. … The Jaragua-Bahoruco-
Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve is located in the south-west of the
Dominican Republic, connecting lowland dry forest at sea level
in the Barahona Peninsula (Jaragua National Park IBA) to
tropical montane forest in the highlands of Sierra de Bahoruco
IBA. These forests are located outside the country’s current
protected area network and are vital for the maintenance of
habitat connectivity to ensure the surviva