The Puntacana Foundation inaugurated the Marine Innovation Center (CIM), a new facility designed to promote research, environmental education, and the restoration of coral reef ecosystems throughout the Caribbean. Located in Playa Blanca,
The Puntacana Foundation inaugurated the Marine Innovation Center (CIM), a new facility designed to promote research, environmental education, and the restoration of coral reef ecosystems throughout the Caribbean. Located in Playa Blanca, within the Puntacana Resort, on one of the country's most iconic coastlines, the CIM represents the next step in a conservation commitment that began more than thirty years ago.
The inauguration, held in conjunction with Earth Day on April 22, 2026, brought together partners from the environmental, business, and philanthropic sectors, including the Puntacana Group, the Dominican Foundation for Marine Studies (FUNDEMAR), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Oceankind, as well as the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic, Armando Paíno Henríquez.
The CIM has a specialized laboratory with 32 tanks, expandable to 64, which will support coral restoration, marine monitoring, and the reproduction of key reef species. This facility integrates controlled laboratory environments with active programs in the adjacent marine sanctuary, enabling scientists and technicians to quickly move from research to field application.
Coral reef restoration in the Caribbean has historically faced a fundamental contradiction, as traditional techniques rely on extracting fragments from already declining natural populations. This new center was designed to directly address
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