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I have chose the case study "Communities and Management of Natural Resources of the Cuban Archipelago". The Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago is one of the four archipelagos around the island of Cuba. This territory is considered a special sustainable development region within the National Protected Areas System. The authors belong to the Environment Agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, in which capacity they advise on, direct and carry out conservation and natural resource management programs, with emphasis on biodiversity and coastal ecosystems in this case.
Because of the colonization there:
The pronounced fragility and complexity of these coastal ecosystems together with their high natural potential for development as ecotourism attractions, has rendered it necessary to implement a system of protected areas so as to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of the ecological heritage of this island system. The first regulations governing their use within the general Protected Area category were introduced at that time. Starting in 1989 a series of studies was made for tourism purposes which provided a more integral view of the ecological and landscape potential of these areas of natural beauty.
The results from the past few years of study constitute valuable scientific contributions:
High biological diversity, up to the moment, 708 taxa, 380 genera, 222 families and five orders and two cla**** of animals.
High endemicism of the flora and fauna, with restricted local endemic species. Identification of well-known species and of species that are endangered in varying degrees.
High ecological diversity, with many species natural to the area.
Notable scenic values, with certain places possessing special features and beauty.
Marked fragility and complexity if the ecosystems, with areas having a high degree of ecological sensitivity.
These results have made it possible to formulate a strategy for the conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use of these econosystems, based on the knowledge gained of the degree of ecological sensitivity of the territory and establishment of a proposal for a system of protected areas. The results obtained have a region-wide and international significance within the framework of UNDP programs. Areas have been delimited which possess the greatest ecotourism potential, and ecological rules and standards have been drawn up that will ensure the sustainability of these possible socioeconomic actions.
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