The United States Embassy on Thursday donated equipment for the environmental protection program, with financial and technical assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Embassy chief of staff Daniel Foote said the donation of around US$1.2 million will support the Environment Ministry’s priority program and other national organizations to bolster environmental protection and adaptation to climate change,.
Environment minister Bautista Rojas received the donation which includes 13 pickup trucks, 24 motorcycles, five boats, among other equipment to patrol protected areas, and to fully equip the Nigua Endemic and Native Seedling Bank.
Rojas and Foote also signed agreements to donate around US$407,000 worth of equipment to other organizations.
