SANDALS RESORTS BARBADOS is being accused of massively deforesting Dover Woods, Christ Church and exacerbating the problems in the historically flood-prone area.
The charges come as the hotel chain pushes ahead with the completion of its US$160 million luxury hotel, which is slated to open this December.
The new hotel sits on 14 acres of what used to be a heavily forested area and the wholesale removal of the trees has provoked outrage on social media. Google Earth photographs, taken from 2013 to 2016, show the scale of the deforestation.
But Sandals’ public relations manager David Hinds told the Weekend NATION: “We wish to assure all Barbadians that development of Sandals Royal Barbados Resort is in accordance with all necessary permissions, environmental assessments and permits, and within the guidelines provided to us, as we do in every territory in which Sandals operates.” (HLE)
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