How Cuba is going ecological
While the world environmental problems continue to worsen despite intensive
research and rhetoric, how come a poor Third World country besieged by a hostile neighbor has been able to embark on an ecological pathway of development that combines sustainability, equity, and quality of life goals? How did it achieve a commitment to an integral program of protected areas, ecological and organic agriculture, public health levels behind only the Scandinavian countries, environmental education, occupational health, urban planning and economic development compatible with environmental protection, and compliance with the major world treaties on the environment?…