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https://www.reefcheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sylvia1.jpg600904On the other end of Hispaniola Island from Haiti, Reef Check Dominican Republic (RCDR) has just celebrated its 5th anniversary with the amazing early success of La Caleta Marine Protected Area. As documented in a beautifully illustrated coffee-table book on its first five years, RCDR has shown how to turn a former "paper park" into a well-functioning Marine Protected Area