. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Cuba. Forests are protected uitliiit the Vinales National Park. A view of the Vindles Valley. (WWF/Vithal Rujan) Legislation for protected areas management is laid down in Law 33 of 1981 for the Protection of the Environment and Rational Use of Natural Resources and Decree No. 67 of 1983. Under these regulations, natural reserves are managed by the Cuban Academy of Sciences, national parks, faunal refuges and hunting or game areas by the Directorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora of the Ministry of Agriculture, national monu- m
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Cuba. Forests are protected uitliiit the Vinales National Park. A view of the Vindles Valley. (WWF/Vithal Rujan) Legislation for protected areas management is laid down in Law 33 of 1981 for the Protection of the Environment and Rational Use of Natural Resources and Decree No. 67 of 1983. Under these regulations, natural reserves are managed by the Cuban Academy of Sciences, national parks, faunal refuges and hunting or game areas by the Directorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora of the Ministry of Agriculture, national monu- ments by the Ministry of Culture and 'natural and touristic areas" by the National Institute of Tourism. Cuban conservation policies are directed by the National Commission for Environmental Protection and Rational Use of Natural Resources (COMARNA). Initiatives for Conservation The major initiative at present is a large-scale conservation and sustainable development project which is being implemented in eastern Cuba. This is the Gran Parque Nacional Siena Maestro, which is a multiple use area in the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo covering 5280 sq. km; 64 per cent is government land and the rest private. The area has its own management authority and legislation and is administered and managed by a Ruling Commission which is assisted by a Technical Advisory Council formed by a number of Government Ministries and agencies. Within the area there are three national parks (Desembarco del Granma, Turquino and La Gran Piedra), nine faunal refuges, nine natural reserves, four natural tourist areas and 28 tourist sites. An environmental edu- cation programme has been implemented in primary schools in the area. Ecologically sound projects on beekeeping, forestry, aquaculture and the production of cacao, coffee and fruit trees have been started and incentives to persuade peasants to form production cooperatives and move off the hillsides to less frag- ile areas a
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