The Mockingbird is singing again in Banes

The Mockingbird had disappeared. Its bewitching trill ceased to be heard in the few woods that remained in Banes after the pass of hurricane Ike last September 2008. Since then, no mockingbird was spotted all around. Read More

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Climate change perils are reaching natural reservoir in Cuba

The Las Salinas Brito, one of the largest natural reservoirs of Latin America, could disappear under the water in 20 years as a result of climate change and the increase of the sea level. Read More

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Varadero, the blue dream for an ever lasting summer

For the second year in a row, Cuba’s Varadero seaside resort, located around 130 kilometres from  Havana, received one million tourists before the end of the year.  Read More

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Cuba strengthens houses to face hurricanes

Frequently hit hurricanes, the inhabitants of Pinar del Rio are constructing more resistant homes to face these atmospheric phenomena. Read More

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Fruit varieties enhanced at Ciego de Ávila province

Pineapple fruit development has been taking place in Ciego de Ávila from January to November, with the planting over one thousand 700 hectares of pineapple, papaya, guava and mango. Read More

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Cuban nickel production among lowest in a decade

Cuba's unrefined nickel plus cobalt production appears to have been between 60 000 t and 65 000 t this year, the lowest in a decade, according to radio news during this week. Read More

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Scientific Achievements in 2009 of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

Cuba has a first-level science system worldwide which gains progress every year, assured here the delegate from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) doctor Roberto Castellanos in Havana City. Read More

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Biodiversity enhanced at Camaguey province

Studies on the biodiversity of protected areas such as Sabana-Camagüey ecosystem, appear among the results that the Centre of Environmental Investigations of the province of Camaguey (CIMAC) presents by the end of 2009. Read More

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Cuban cattle farmers gather 2 million litres of milk in 2009

The so-called “Patria o Muerte” Basic Unit of Cooperative Production, located in the municipality of  Jimaguayú, in the central-eastern province of Camaguey, was the first farm of its kind in the country that stockpiled 2 million litres of milk in the present campaign. Read More

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Cuba, protected areas and conservation policy

Cuba has now 10 new protected areas (PA) that increased to 45 those already existing in the country aimed at continuing the preservation and conservation policy of its natural resources. Read More

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