The European Commission recognized on Thursday in the city of Sancti Spiritus Cuba’s contribution to the improvement of the early warning system applied by the Civil Defense in case of natural disasters.
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Attraction of the National Zoological Gardens of Cuba
To carry out research are well aimed at guaranteeing the reproduction and the offspring in captivity, of high value, to control those that classify as protected or considered on its way to extinction are parts of the mission of the National Zoo of Cuba Park (PZNC).
Cuban specialists save a rare plant from extinction
Specialists and workers of the Alturas de Banao Ecological Reserve, located 20 kilometers south of this Santi Spiritus city, saved from extinction the Tabernaemontana apoda, an endemic specie of the province of Sancti Spíritus and one of the five most threatened in Cuba.
Photovoltaic panels provide electricity to Cuban homes in the mountains
Electrification with independent photovoltaic panels benefits this year more than 360 houses in the province of Cienfuegos, within a project of social improvements with renewable energy.
Heavy rain helps containing largest fire in Cuba in years
An unexpected heavy rain helped extinguishing one of the largest fires registered in the last years in eastern Cuba that destroyed close to 5,000 hectare of woodlands.