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"Hawksbill turtles, Antillean manatees, and groupers — these are just a few
inhabitants of a newly designated marine protected area (MPA) in Cuba.
This week, Cuba publicly announced that it had established the new MPA off its
northwest coast in an area known as Este del Archipiélago de Los Colorados,
which translates into English as “East of Los Colorados Archipelago.” Spanning
728 square kilometers (281 square miles), the MPA will provide protection for
mangrove forests, seagrass beds and coral reefs, and helps boost the nation’s
overall marine protected coverage to 28.5% of its marine continental shelf.
Natalia Rossi, the Cuba country director for the Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS), an organization that helped implement the MPA, said the new site is
noteworthy since this part of the Cuban coastline previously lacked protection.
Moreover, the region is an important spawning site for coral reefs and fish
like groupers and snappers."
Via Future Crunch Feb 17, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews-measles-wolves-energy-down-under/
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