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Scientist Jose Luis Gerhartz, who represents WWF-Canada, said the flora and fauna, the soil and waters of the mountain range of the easternmost region of Cuba are as rich as that of the Galapagos Islands and compare also to certain ecosystems of the African and the Amazonian jungles and grasslands.

Scientist Jose Luis Gerhartz, who represents WWF-Canada, said the flora and fauna, the soil and waters of the mountain range of the easternmost region of Cuba are as rich as that of the Galapagos Islands and compare also to certain ecosystems of the African and the Amazonian jungles and grasslands.

WWW-Canada teamed up with the local Antonio Nuñez Jimenez Nature and Man Foundation to sponsor in Cuba the "S.O.S Toa" Round Table, focusing on the situation of the basin of the Toa river, the island's broadest.

Gerhartz said the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa mountain range, which spans through nearly 1, 800 square kilometers in the provinces of Holguin and Guantanamo, is a key piece in a WWF study that is aimed at locating the ecological regions of highest importance at a world scale.

The WWF-Canada has so far defined 200 zones in the planet, three of which are located in the Cuban mountain range. Two belong to the eco-region of the rain forests of the Greater Antilles, with the eastern Cuba massif as the most representative and the fresh water systems of the Greater Antilles, with the Toa River as the most important.

The third zone noticeable for its rich biodiversity is the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa marine-coastal ecosystems, which stands out among others in the region.

(www.cubanews.ain.cu)


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