Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) in the Dominican Republic

Abstract

I guana iguana has a natural distribution from México (Sinaloa and Veracruz) southward through Central America and into northeastern South America to the Tropic of Capricorn in Paraguay and southeastern Brazil. The species also occurs on numerous islands, including Cozumel,

Understanding Governance in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve: An Empirical Approach

“…However, PAs are spaces susceptible to social and primarily political conflicts in developing countries due to the restrictions on access to natural resources, particularly under weak institutional frameworks, as has happened in the case of DR (Bennett & Dearden, 2014;Bonilla-Mejía & Higuera-Mendieta, 2019;Holmes, 2014). In some cases, these conflicts generate such a high level of social tension that they become barriers that prevent these natural spaces from achieving their objectives (Bennett & Dearden, 2014;Pasachnik et al, 2016;Wilkie et al, 2006).…”

“…Power and authority (PWR), participation (PAR), efficiency governance (GOV), and policy model (POL) are, in fact, intertwined factors of the policy system directly related to the success of conservation and local sustainable development in both protected areas and biosphere reserve (Hockings et al, 2015;Islam et al, 2017;Ostrom, 2002;UICN, 2019;Van Cuong et al, 2017). In the context of the RBJBE, there is no doubt that it is a relevant issue not only for the present but also for the future of the RBJBE in terms of assuring its broader recognition beyond written documents (Pasachnik et al, 2016;Sheller & León, 2016).…”

“…This perspective on governance may support a better interpretation of the concept of the biosphere reserve (BR) in the context of the DR in terms of closing the gap between the concept and its implementations by providing some answers to the questions about what critical factors may explain the governance of the RJBE and which of them can improve it, considering the nuances and sometimes opacity in defining and deploying conservation spaces in the DR (Ferreira et al, 2020;Pasachnik et al, 2016).…”

“…Attention to the governance problems of protected areas in DR also acquires a regional dimension as it occupies two-thirds of the Island of Hispaniola, the most biodiverse in the region, and shares with the Republic of Haiti ( Cano-Ortiz et al, 2016;MARENA, 2020;Muñoz et al, 2022), a country facing structural challenges in terms of sustainability (Mombeuil, 2020). In addition, around a quarter of the Dominican island territory comprises protected areas (MARENA, 2020), which sometimes function as paper parks, overlapping social conflict with conservation challenges (Pasachnik et al, 2016).…”

Primer reporte de ingesta de plástico y presencia de nematodos en individuos de iguana verde en la isla de Santo Domingo

“…Adicionalmente, está presente en varias islas de las Antillas Menores y Mayores, incluyendo la isla de Santo Domingo (Thomas et al, 2011;Knapp et al, 2021;Perry et al, 2021). En la isla de Santo Domingo esta especie se considera invasora (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales [MIMARENA], 2012) y se encuentra en la isla desde principios de los 90, introducida por el mercado de mascotas (Pasachnik et al, 2012). Actualmente, se registra su distribución en al menos 17 provincias de República Dominicana, con la mayor concentración en la provincia Peravia (MIMARENA, 2018).…”