Dominican government to provide jute and cotton bags in order to ban plastic bags

The Caribbean island nation which is on its road to become the worlds first climate-resilient country has announced to facilitate its citizens' jute and cotton bags. The government of Commonwealth of Dominica has announced this in order to provide an alternative of plastic bags.

Under the 'Green Dominica' initiative, the government has prohibited the use of single-type plastics and styrofoam containers. This ban came into force in January 2019, with the application of 0% import duty on verified biodegradable products and reusable shopping bags as of December 2018.

Visitors coming to admire the beauty of the 'Nature Isle' are encouraged to embrace and adopt the Dominican way of living. The island's ecotourism part is prospering as new eco-cognizant extravagance resorts keep being created on account of Dominica's reality driving Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Program.

Hoteliers work with their nearby networks to furnish visitors with morally sourced, crisp produce. In the meantime, people and families from around the globe keep on supporting Dominica's excursion towards atmospheric strength by acquiring its citizenship utilizing the CBI Program.

The country which has over 365 rivers and beautiful waterfalls is often targeted by natural catastrophes. In 2017, the country was devastated by the category five hurricane Maria which caused damages worth double the GDP, and in 2015 Tropical Storm Erika ravaged Dominica.

Prime Minister of Dominica, Dr Roosevelt Skerrit, addressed the United Nations assembly within days of Hurricane Maria and urged the entire world to take climate change climate change seriously.

"72,000 Dominicans lie on the frontline of a war they did not choose with extensive casualties from a war that they did not start. While the big countries talk, the small island nations suffer. We require action, and we need it now."

After the continuous strikes of nature, the Dominican government has directed hundreds of millions towards economic transition and recovery efforts.

Other than major infrastructural recovery and support, whole dislocated communities have been offered free climate-resilient homes, recently implicit more secure regions, ready to withstand the harshest climate calamities. This is known as the 'Housing Revolution' and will involve 5,000 units over the island. Before long, Dominica's entire populace will likewise be given efficient power vitality from the geothermal plant as of now being created, with potential to impart it to its neighbouring islands.