February 2025
Boca del Soco
Boca del Soco, in the south of the DR on the Caribbean coast, is an important mangrove area. The 2,100-acre Río Soco Wildlife Refuge is rich in biodiversity and plays […]
Hispaniola
June 2024
Las Calderas Bay
Las Dunas de Las Calderas is a protected area on the south-central coast of the Dominican Republic, only one and a half hours’ drive from the capital of Santo Domingo. […]
February 2024
Bajo Yuna Mangroves National Park
Bajo Yuna Mangroves National Park, in the northeast corner of the Dominican Republic, covers 30,000 acres and contains the largest continuous area of mangroves in the country. The park is […]
February 2023
San Lorenzo Bay
Los Haitises National Park is one of the crown jewels of the Dominican Republic’s park system. Los Haitises (“hilly land” in the indigenous Taino language), was a sacred place for […]
June 2022
La Playita
The white sands of La Playita are a major tourist attraction. In the seagrass off the beach, there are conch and other mollusks, crustaceans, and an abundance of fish. Manatees […]
February 2022
Las Calderas
Las Dunas de Las Calderas is a protected area on the south-central coast of the Dominican Republic, only one and a half hours’ drive from the capital of Santo Domingo. […]
April 2021
Dominican Republic Mangrove Initiative
Seacology’s newest national project, in the Dominican Republic, is squarely focused on mangroves—small trees that grow in a tangle of stilt-like roots along the shore. These shrubby trees are the […]
April 2021
Play for the Mangroves
One of the main goals of our Dominican Republic National Mangrove Initiative is to make sure people know how important mangroves are in this island nation. We want to spread […]
June 2020
El Tablón Ecological Park
Human activities – overfishing, waste dumping, deforestation, water pollution, and poaching – have badly damaged the diverse ecosystems of El Tablón Ecological Park. This project will both protect the park’s […]
June 2020
Boca Chica
The Boca Chica Coral Reef Lagoon includes ecosystems of great fragility, including coral reef, seagrass meadows, mangroves, sand and rubble flats, and beaches. The area lies within the Andrés Boca […]