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In 1998, PRONATURA convened a group of individuals and organizations to form a National Earth Charter Committee in the Dominican Republic that would help raise awareness about the Earth Charter and put together a collective contribution to the Earth Charter consultation process. Their effort to promote the Earth Charter included developing and disseminating programs for television and radio and various workshops.

In 1999 PRONATURA, with an alliance of six organizations and institutions, re-launched the National Earth Charter Campaign by organizing a number of activities.

In 2000 the Earth Charter Committee continued disseminating the Earth Charter through a series of Earth Charter articles, which were published in newspapers and magazines that year. The Poveda Center also joined this effort to support the Initiative through education programs in schools.

During the official state government interventions at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg the Dominican Republic government affirmed “As is evident, our commitment to sustainable development is a practical and real commitment, practiced every day and supported by an ethical conception of development. It is for this reason that we also want to state that the Dominical Republic supports the principles established in the Earth Charter that put people and the natural environment ahead of short-term economic interests.”

In 2008 and within a Post-Graduate Program for Teachers of the Ministry of Education, two orientation courses for teachers were given at the University Pedro Enríquez Ureña. 60 teachers from different regions of the country participated and each of them made a commitment at the end of the course to apply and disseminate the Earth Charter with their students and co-workers.

The Earth Charter national site for Dominican Republic is the following: http://www.earthcharterdominicanrepublic.org