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STORY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / TOURISM
TRT: 3.04
SOURCE: UNEP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 MAY 2014, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / 20 MAY 2014, MANO JUAN COMMUNITY, SAONA ISLAND, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / BAYAHIBE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / TURTLE HOUSE SANCTUARY, MANO JUAN COMMUNITY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
20 MAY 2014, MANO JUAN COMMUNITY, SAONA ISLAND, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1. Wide shot, Mano Juan Community dawn
2. Med shot, Mano Juan Community dawn
3. Wide shot, boats at Mano Juan Community dawn
20 MAY 2014, BAYAHIBE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Omar Shamir Reynoso, Marine Biologist, Ministry of Environment:
“Tourism is one of the main economic activities in Dominican Republic. More than 4.5 million tourists visit each year.”
5. Wide shot, all inclusive hotel
6. Wide shot, tourists bathing in the ocean
20 MAY 2014, MANO JUAN COMMUNITY, SAONA ISLAND, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
7. Wide shot, boat with tourists passes by
8. Wide shot, boat arriving with tourists
9. Wide shot, boats docked at Mano Juan Community beach front
10. Wide shot, tourists off the boat walking on beach
11. Wide shot, tourists walking around Mano Juan handicrafts shops
12. Wide shot, swarm of tourists walking towards camera
19 MAY 2014, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ydalia Acevedo Monegro, Deputy Minister Coastal and Marine Resources:
“The present government, spearheaded by President Medina, has been promoting tourism, and we find it a perfect opportunity to encourage ecotourism in the island.”
20 MAY 2014, TURTLE HOUSE SANCTUARY, MANO JUAN COMMUNITY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
14. Wide shot, tourists arrive to Turtle House Sanctuary
15. Wide shot, tourists arrive to Turtle House Sanctuary, boy points out
16. Close up, board with images of endangered turtles in Saona Island
17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Tour Operator:
“We are here at “Negro’s” house, and he is the one in charge of rescuing the turtles here in Saona Island.”
18. Med shot tourist taking a picture
19. Med shot, tourist taking a picture and boards on display
20. Wide shot, tourists inside the Turtle House Sanctuary
21. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“These are the main problems: rubbish especially plastics, the theft of (turtle) eggs, handicrafts, and nets.”
22. Close up, man taking eggs from nesting turtle
23. Med shot, Negro showing handicrafts on board
24. Close up, Negro showing handicrafts on board
25. Wide shot, turtle in rubbish
26. Med shot, turtle trapped in net
27. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“We collect the eggs and bring them here, only up until they hatch.”
28. Wide shot, Negro opening cooler box which contains eggs
29. Wide shot, hatched turtles inside cooler box
30. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“We have released more than one hundred nests and have not lost a single one of them.”
31. Wide shot, hatched turtles crawling in the beach
32. Wide shot, hatched turtles crawling in the beach
20 MAY 2014, BAYAHIBE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
33. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Omar Shamir Reynoso, Marine Biologist, Ministry of Environment:
“This has become a very important and valuable attraction for the Community of Mano Juan in Saona Island.”
34. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Omar Shamir Reynoso, Marine Biologist, Ministry of Environment:
“It is an educational sort of tourism which spreads the message of Marine Turtle Conservation.”
20 MAY 2014, TURTLE HOUSE SANCTUARY, MANO JUAN COMMUNITY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
35. Med shot, Negro speaking
36. Med shot, tourist watching Negro talk
37. Close up, Negro's hand showing a mockup of a turtle nest
38. Med shot, Negro showing a mockup of a turtle nest
39. Med shot, tourists listening to Negro
40. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“We started with one (turtle) and last December we had four.”
The Island of Dominican Republic in the Caribbean is home to a vibrant and distinct culture and heritage as well as to a rich ecosystem, biodiversity and dazzling landscapes. Nevertheless, this small island state faces many challenges, including climate change, degradation of natural resources, loss of marine biodiversity and a rapid uncontrolled growth of the tourist sector which exerts pressure on natural resources.
Since tourism is one of the main economic activities in the island, the government is promoting its growth, but conscious of the challenges it poses, it is looking at more sustainable development and practices. Ecotourism is therefore being encouraged by the present administration.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Omar Shamir Reynoso, Marine Biologist, Ministry of Environment:
“Tourism is one of the main economic activities in Dominican Republic. More than 4.5 million tourists visit each year.”
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ydalia Acevedo Monegro, Deputy Minister Coastal and Marine Resources:
“The present government, spearheaded by President Medina, has been promoting tourism, and we find it a perfect opportunity to encourage ecotourism in the island.”
The community of Mano Juan in Saona Island has become a mayor ecotourism attraction in the past few years, thanks to Pelagio Paulino (aka Negro), a fisherman who turned conservationist and protects the marine turtles that come every year to Saona Island to nest.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Tour Operator:
“We are here at “Negro’s” house, and he is the one in charge of rescuing the turtles here in Saona Island.”
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“These are the main problems: rubbish especially plastics, the theft of (turtle) eggs, handicrafts, and nets.”
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“We collect the eggs and bring them here, only up until they hatch.”
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“We have released more than one hundred nests and have not lost a single one of them.”
He has turned his chicken shed into the “Turtle House Sanctuary” where he receives tourists on a daily basis to show them the challenges faced by the three locally endangered marine turtle species.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Omar Shamir Reynoso, Marine Biologist, Ministry of Environment:
“This has become a very important and valuable attraction for the Community of Mano Juan in Saona Island.”
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Omar Shamir Reynoso, Marine Biologist, Ministry of Environment:
“It is an educational sort of tourism which spreads the message of Marine Turtle Conservation.”
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pelagio Paulino, Fisherman:
“We started with one (turtle) and last December we had four.”
Thanks to his work, not only are these endangered species slowly coming back from the brink, but the community of Mano Juan has benefitted from the economical possibilities brought by tourists. At the same time, tourists are educated on the plight of these endangered species.
