Environment

Environment

Cuba´s Value of Protected Areas

By: Ledys Camacho Casado Photos by Amauris Betancourt and Eduardo Cabrera

Stopping the effects of climate change is the best inspiration for the promotion of a culture of participation, knowledge, and commitment by all to caring for the environment.

U.S. and Cuban Natural History Museums Form Closer Ties

By: Alfredo Boada Mola

The prestigious New York Natural History Museum is interested in establishing closer ties with Cuba through research, education and museum curation programs relating to the extraordinary biodiversity of the Caribbean island.

Marlin and Mayo Oldiri team up to promote recreational fishing in northern Cuba

By Dominic Soave

One of the world’s most prestigious safari companies, Mayo Oldiri of Spain, owned by Antonio Reguera—who was awarded by Safari Club International as the best professional hunter of 2013—is now going into recreational fishing, and has just signed a contract with Cuba’s Marina Marlin.

Cuba to Expand Beach Restoration Project

By Adalys Pilar

Cuban scientists are promoting the restoration of popular beaches located east of Havana as part of a project that covers about eight miles of the island’s northern coast.

Cuba Updates Environmental Strategies

By: Vivian Collazo, Photos by Prensa Latina

Cuba´s Biological Diversity Program and action plan, in the process of being updated for the 2015-2020 period, aims to stop national biodiversity losses through sustainable options and the implementation of conservation measures. Experts are confident that a document outlining the way forward could be drafted by identifying and establishing courses of action consistent with the national political, social, and economic guidelines, as well as with the Economy Plan and development strategies for the implementation of international environmental commitments.

Forest Development, top priority in Cuba

By: Mercy Ramos

Forests are the lungs of the earth. Therefore it is paramount for any country to preserve them properly. For this reason for several years Cuba has been running the Canada-Cuba project “Development of Forestry in Cuba” with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Forest development is fundamental in Cuba, not only for its economic relevance, but also for its role in the environment, as well as its influence from the economic and social standpoint, pointed out the project’s National Coordinator Dr. Juan A. Herrero, during an interview with Cubaplus.

The Tallest, Best-Preserved Dunes in the Caribbean

By: Neisa Isabel Mesa del Toro / Photos by Publicitur

Dunes are one of the most important coastal ecosystems in the world, because they provide protection for beaches and coastal vegetation.

The Clearwing Butterfly

By: Raúl García / Photo by Luis Olmo

The glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto), is rare and little-known in Cuba. However, a local species, the Greta cubana, can be found in the country's central and eastern mountains, particularly the Guamuhaya —also known as the Sierra del Escambray— in Sancti Spíritus province.

TURNAT 2009 Choosing to Protect Nature

Color, adventure and even magic are among Cuba's offerings in nature tourism, a specialty with a great deal in its favour for diversifying the travel industry in one of the most beautiful islands of the Caribbean.

Underwater Paradise

By: Miriam Castro / Photos by Publicitur

Surrounded by the green and blue waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the Cuban archipelago shelters a multicoloured underwater paradise: its coral reefs.

Havana Bay: Cleaning the Waters

The flight of pelicans and other fish-eating birds over Havana Bay announces the gradual return of life to these waters after so many years of being mercilessly battered by toxic waste from surrounding vessels and industries that made it one of the most contaminated sites in Cuba.

Cuba, Where the Environment has been Preserved

Cuba consists of more than 4000 islands and keys, nearly 3600 miles of palm and mangrovelined coastline with almost 300 natural beaches. The Cuban government has environment highly placed in its priority list that is why it has formed several agencies to protect it.