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(09.08.2007 )
Cuba property Global Environment confirms support for Jardines del Rey in Cuba

ONE of the Caribbean’s natural wonders, the Cuba sea property Jardines del Rey archipelago on Cuba’s northern coast, is to continue enjoying financial and technical assistance from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for supporting preservation of the biological and natural treasures found in that region’s four ecosystems.  

From its headquarters in New York, the GEF has confirmed the designation of funds for the third phase through the UN Development Program (UNDP).

Previously known as Sabana-Camagüey, the Jardines del Rey is composed of 2,515 cays — 60% of the total found in Cuba —, 465 kilometers of coastline, a marine platform of 8,311 square kilometers and an exclusive economic zone of 43,800 square kilometers.

According to national and foreign experts, it is an immensely rich region in terms of biodiversity, possibly the most important of its kind in the Caribbean, with a unique tourism potential that should be managed in harmony with nature.

The four ecosystems include spectacular beaches of fine white sand, coastal dunes that are the highest in all the Caribbean; an inland water system that serves as a hotel for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds; and a coral reef with incredibly beautiful formations that is home to countless species of fish, chelonians and marine mammals.

Together with the UNDP, the GEF began providing funds for the Jardines del Rey in 1992, with a first phase aimed at identifying problems and opportunities and completing a bio-geophysical, economic, and social study of the region, which is characterized by an important development of large tourist facilities built with safeguards for the natural environment.

One of the principal achievements of the 90’s was the construction of the viaduct that links Cayo Coco to the main island at Morón in the east-central province of Ciego de Ávila. The opening of new waterways put an end to the salinization of the Bahía de los Perros (Bay of Dogs), a solution provided by a scientific agency fostered by the project.

This agency  — with its principal headquarters in Cayo Coco but which later extended its tasks and influence over the entire archipelago — is the Center for Coastal Ecosystems Investigation, attached to the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), which has progressively gained recognition among the international scientific community.

The second phase of the GEF/UNDP project succeeded in conserving the prioritized biological areas identified in the first phase and advancing the implementation of a scientific approach toward protecting the wealth of the natural environment.

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