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The Ministry of Environment has officially revoked the building permits for the cement plant at the Los Haitises National Park. This move officially brings to an end a process, which saw many Dominicans, both young and old, join in a fight against what could have been an ecologically disastrous construction. The Ministry heeded the advice from a United Nations Development Program multi-sectorial task group that concluded the factory would only be beneficial for its promoters. The builders of the cement plant in the buffer zone of the Los Haitises National Park had announced shortly after the UNDP group released their findings that they would relocate the plant.

Minister of Environment Jaime David Fernandez announced that the deforested areas on which the cement plant was under construction would now be used for a major reforestation project, which will provide employment for local residents. The State Sugar Council and concession owner the Consorcio Minero Dominicano will be in charge of the project.