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Tinglar Festival Celebrates Designation of the Northeast Ecological Corridor as a Nature Reserve

San Juan - The Coalition for Northeast Ecological Corridor received with joy the news of the passing of the Resolution of the Planning Board officially designated the Northeast Ecological Corridor as a Nature Reserve by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá.

Corridor designation as a Nature Reserve by the Planning Board is the first task of ordering the Executive Order signed by the Governor in October last year, setting the public policy of preserving this natural area.

"We are pleased to note that administrative agencies are complying with the guidelines of Executive Order passed last year. In the coming months, we hope to evaluate the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Management for the Corridor, which will outline the steps for conservation management and ecotourism development of this unique nature reserve, "said Camilla Feibelman, coordinator of the Sierra Club, one of the organizations belonging to the Coalition.

Coalition held the designation as part of the Third Festival of the shed this Saturday, April 26th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Plaza de Luquillo. This activity will take place a stop composed of children, entitled Delight in the corridor!, and which will welcome you in a symbolic way to leatherbacks as part of the start of the nesting season of these sea turtles in danger of extinction to the beaches of the Corridor. The Festival will also feature the music of Son de Almond, Gomba Jahbari and Tito Auger with Eric Landrón, among others. There will be booths and educational activities, natural food and crafts.

CEN designation as a nature reserve has received the endorsement of federal and state agencies, professional bodies and business, international conservation organizations, and community groups, including much of the religious leadership of the island and representatives of the Puerto Rican community in the United States. Celebrities including actor Benicio del Toro, attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mr. Alexis Massol, who is the first Puerto Rican winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, equivalent to the Nobel Prize for the Environment, have also publicly declared its support for this initiative. In an unusual move, the designation has also been favored by the vast majority of legislators from all three political parties.

Contacts:
Camilla Feibelman (Sierra Club)
Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera (IDS)
Carmen Guerrero Pérez (IDS)