Development & Aid, Environment, Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – CUBA: Kids and Adults in Nature Clean-Up

HAVANA, Sep 22 2007 (IPS) - Hundreds of people in Cuba took part in the campaign “To Clean the World”, sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program, reforesting and cleaning up coastal areas.

The project, Sep. 14-16, included the clean-up of some five kilometers of beach, planting seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera L.) and posting of signs and garbage cans with ecological messages in the Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve, in the south of the western province of Matanzas.

Julio Haedo, a local expert in environmental education, told Tierramérica that among the activities, which also drew the participation of tourists, there were community seminars on beach ecosystems, contests and art exhibits.

In Havana, the campaign took place with the collaboration of the Cuban Federation of Underwater Activities, among other organizations.