¿Cuál es el valor de los ecosistemas protegidos de la Republica Dominicana?

This book contains the results of the first systematic effort focused on estimating the total economic value of the ecosystem services provided by the National System of Protected Areas (SINAP) of the Dominican Republic. It is based on the most extensive report delivered in 2015 to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, as well as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Global Environment Fund, also known as GEF (for its acronym in English).

Three great authors participated in the writing of this book, Dr. Víctor Gómez Valenzuela. Principal investigator. Dominican, graduated in anthropology from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. He has a Master's Degree in Environmental Economics from the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) and training in analysis and economic valuation of natural resources by the Conservation Strategy Fund and Stranfourd University, USA, and a doctorate in Economic Sciences by the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Dr. Francisco Alpízar, co-investigator. Costa Rican, one of the most prominent environmental economists in the region. He is an economist from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. In addition, Associate Director and founder of the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP) based at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).

Dr. Solhanlle Bonilla Duarte. Of Dominican nationality. His formal studies include a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, a Master's degree in Environmental Economics with an emphasis on Environmental Administration and Management from CATIE in Costa Rica, and doctoral studies in Sustainable Territorial Development from the University of Extremadura, Spain.