Almost a third of Cuba is forest thanks to program
Almost a third of Cuba is forest thanks to program
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Forests in Cuba now make up 30.6% of the country's land area, thanks to a reforestation initiative carried out by the socialist government, a new report has found.
Titled Environmental Outlook: Cuba 2015, the National Office of Statistics and Information report details recent improvements in Cuba's forest coverage, up from 27.6% in 2010.
Cuba started the reforestation program in 1998. It is part of a select group of developing countries that have been able to maintain sustained forest growth.
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It's the story of mankind's progress to cut into Earth's forests. From space it looks like a cancer eating away at the planet, killing trees and the ecosystems they support.
