The barren landscape of El Toldo, affected by mining activities three decades ago, recovers trhough the actions undertaken by environmentalists in Guantanamo, who last year rehabilitated 8,5 acres of the place located in the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, World Heritage Site.
The barren landscape of El Toldo, affected by mining activities three decades ago, recovers trhough the actions undertaken by environmentalists in Guantanamo, who last year rehabilitated 8,5 acres of the place located in the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, World Heritage Site.
Duties include management of forests and vegetation cover, soil erosion control and reforestation with unique species of the area, says Hayler María Pérez Trejo, specialist at the Territorial Delegation of the Ministry of Science.
These actions are extended to other important areas like Toa River Basin, with ten of the thirty acres benefited in the eastern province aimed at recovering damaged ecosystems by human action.
The Guantanamo environmentalist stresses that the actions in the province include areas of the Biosphere Reserve of Cuchilals del Toa and Hatibonico´s ecology, seat of the unique hills known as Monitongos.
Hayler María Pérez Trejo, specialist at the Alejandro de Humboldt Park Environmental Services stressed the importance of these areas recognized for their biodiversity, aquifer wealth and other key resources.
Translation: Ilia Charon