The economist and researcher Víctor Gómez Valenzuela He affirmed that nature has been very generous with the Dominican Republic By placing it as the third country with the highest deposit and exploitation of gold of the world.
By participating as an exponent of the fourth permanent seminar of Dominican reality, known as Semper, organized by the Intec University, the professor also said that the exploitation of the natural capital It is very significant and together with the theme of the Exploitation of river aggregates raises economic dilemmas important.
Understand that this is a Mining countrysomething that surprises him because there is usually not usually that type of mineral in the proportions that exist here, according to the studies that have been carried out.
“In a small part of the territory of the world that is known as The Spanish are the gold deposits most important of the western hemisphere. To have an idea, the exploitation here gold It is the third largest dawn exploitation in the world and occurs here at an hour and a half of Santo Domingo, “he said to academics, representatives of entities and experts.
It is estimated that the mine Old people produced 30.6 tons of gold In 2023 and occupies the Place number seven of Latin Americaothers place it in position five. First, there is Peru, which produced in 2023 a total of 100 tons, followed by Mexico with 90, Brazil 80, Argentina 40, Chile and Colombia 35 each and below the Dominican Republic are, Surinam and Guyana, according to reports.
“The mining today is measured by its effect or impact Transformational, not so much for what it extracts, but for what it leaves, “said Gómez Valenzuela.
Protected areas
For Gómez Valenzuela, in addition to the mininganother sector of impact In the economy are the 132 protected areaswhich, according to, they say, contribute the 4.4 of GDP.
“At the time we did the measurement, the protected areas were really contributing substantially to GDP. And they know what is the greatest contribution of protected areas? What they contribute most, 80 % of this value is the water“The research economist said.
He informed that natural capital most important in that sector are the Hydrographic basins of the rivers Yaque del Norte, Yaque del Sur and Yuna, who are the three largest in the country. All are born in the National System of Protected Areas and some die in the National System of Protected Areas.
He said that we must rethink the way to manage this great wealth of the region to take advantage of the natural capital and put it at the service of well -being and prosperity of people sustainably.
“We interact with the nature And that transformation generates an interaction that is directly linked to well -being, with health health, with social relationships. We depend deeply on that natural context for our own quality of life“He said.
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Víctor Gómez Valenzuela understands that the great challenge Dominican Republic is to move to a new paradigm, continue to exploit natural resources to generate wealth and that the revenue generated are strategically reinvested, because the activity is exhausted and leaves liabilities.
