Cuba’s isolation and economic stagnation has had one benefit: its coral reefs are in much better shape than other reefs in the Caribbean. Their relative health is allowing researchers to establish baselines that help shed light on declines in ocean health elsewhere.  But while Cuba has mostly escaped the tourism, pollution and overfishing that has wrecked other reefs, it cannot escape the global phenomenons of climate change and invasive species.  There are some things to celebrate, however. In 2010, researchers from the US and Cuba started collaborating to help marine conservation, after more than 50 years of academic separation. — Caroline See grantee Lygia Navarro’s reporting on Cuba’s environment and reefs here. Image by Lygia Navarro. Cuba, 2010. Help us expand our ocean reporting by supporting our Indiegogo project Ocean Matters today!
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Cuba’s isolation and economic stagnation has had one benefit: its coral reefs are in much better shape than other reefs in the Caribbean. Their relative health is allowing researchers to establish baselines that help shed light on declines in ocean health elsewhere. 

But while Cuba has mostly escaped the tourism, pollution and overfishing that has wrecked other reefs, it cannot escape the global phenomenons of climate change and invasive species. 

There are some things to celebrate, however. In 2010, researchers from the US and Cuba started collaborating to help marine conservation, after more than 50 years of academic separation.

— Caroline

See grantee Lygia Navarro’s reporting on Cuba’s environment and reefs here. Image by Lygia Navarro. Cuba, 2010.

Help us expand our ocean reporting by supporting our Indiegogo project Ocean Matters today!

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