Last October, the Latin America IP SME HD posted on the new Dominican Republic Plant Variety Office (OREVADO). 

Supported by CARIPI (a project funded by the European Union), the initiative will be implemented through the Office of Plant Variety Registration and Protection of Breeders' Rights (OREVADO) of the Ministry of Agriculture, and is intended to boost the capacity to process new varieties of plants.

To read more, please refer to CarIPI's website.