Centuries prior to the ruling of the Castro government, in the 16th century
precisely, 90 percent of Cuba was covered with forests. Agriculture Ministry officials in
Cuba revealed that the Castro government, in the last for decades, had sown 1.24
million acres of trees, of which were mainly derived from the mountainous zones of the
Sierra Maestra, Escambray, and Sierra de los Organos. This reduced Cuba's forest
cover to 53 percent and by 1960 it was down by 13.5 percent. Ultimately, mining,
farming, sugar planting, supplying timber and setting up cattle ranches, demolished
Cuba's forests over the centuries.
Deforestation, in any case, is both detrimental to the environment and to the
economy of Cuba. Forest products are extremely important to the economical well-being
of Cuba because they ... Showed first 120 words of 530 Size (words) ...
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general public and the rural population whose income and survival is dependent on forest
products. The short-term goal of this initiative is to strengthen the institutional ability of
the forest service in the planning, coordination, supervision, implementation, and control
of forest-related activities and the capacity to involve and engage civil society, which
includes the private sector, farmers, and rural communities, in the responsible
management of forest resources.
A new law enacted in 1998 by the Cuban government, the Forest Law, was
also implemented in order to protect and preserve the island's remaining forests and
promote responsible and sustainable use of natural resources. The law states that
Cubans who want to cut down trees must get ...Essay still continues 100 more words...
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