January 25, 2004 Granma International
	Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Praises Cuba for Its Environmental Work -- His Holiness Bartholomew, the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch, has praised the Cuban government and people for their sensitivity to and care of the environment.
November 12, 2003 BBC London
	Cubans plant trees to save soil -- Cuban farmers are working to make good years of deforestation and soil loss by planting trees on sensitive hillsides.
November 04, 2003 Global Exchange press release
	US-Cuba Cooperation on the Environment -- On October 22, following the lead of the House, the US Senate voted to end restrictions on travel to Cuba; however, President Bush has vowed to veto any such action by Congress. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration has ordered the termination of the popular “people to people” licenses that many groups such as Global Exchange are granted to allow US citizens travel to Cuba. As part of their Cuba Program, Global Exchange recently organized a panel of US experts to speak on Capitol Hill and at the National Press Club on US-Cuba cooperation on the environment and development, pointing to the importance of recognizing Cuba’s achievements in these areas.
November 01, 2003 journal Voluntad Hydraulica (Hydraulic Resolve) 2002
	The Institutionalization of Cuban Determination: Hydraulic Resolve -- Last year it became very evident to us that it was necessary to create a Hydraulic Resolve, a concern for water.
October 15, 2003 Agencia EFE
	Denuncian Contaminación Ambiental por Fábricas en Oriente Cubano -- La contaminación ocasionada por una fábrica de barro y otra de cerámica en San Francisco, en el oriente cubano, está perjudicando la salud de algunos de sus habitantes, denunció hoy el diario local "Juventud Rebelde".
September 30, 2003 Vietnam News Agency
	FAO Recognises Cuba's Serious Efforts in Poverty Reduction -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) recognised Cuba as an active partner in the Food Security Programme and one of the few countries in the world being very serious in pursuing the fight against poverty at all levels in both urban and rural areas.
September 16, 2003 Inter Press Service
	Protected Nature - But On Paper Only -- Nearly 25 percent of Latin American territory is under some sort of nature protection legislation, but just a half-dollar per hectare goes towards management and monitoring of these areas, says a report by the United Nations Environment Programme.
September 01, 2003 Portal Cuba
	Fidel Castro's Speech at UN Convention in Havana to Combat Desertification -- Hardly 30 years ago humanity was not in the least aware of this huge tragedy. Back then people thought that the only danger of extinction lay in the colossal number of nuclear weapons waiting to be fired at a moment's notice. Although threats of that nature have by no means disappeared, an additional terrifying, Dantesque danger lies in wait for us. I do not hesitate to use this strong, seemingly melodramatic language. The real drama lies in ignoring the kind of risks we have lived with for so long.
August 29, 2003 Granma International
	Coalitions for Eradicating Poverty and Protecting the Environment -- The 6th United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Convention against Desertification and Drought taking place in Havana reaches its crux with the top-level meetings planned for September 1-2.
August 21, 2003 Prensa Latina
	Cuba Gets Ready to Receive Major UN Summit on Desertification -- With the confirmed attendance of 14 Heads of State or Government, and more than 100 ministers, Cuba gets ready to hold the largest meeting on desertification and drought ever promoted by the United Nations (UN).
August 20, 2003 Agencia de Información Nacional
	Crece en la Capital Interés por Consumo de Vegetales -- El interés de los capitalinos por las comidas vegetarianas continúa en ascenso, hecho que ha contribuido a fomentar, en un mayor número de familias, el consumo de hortalizas.
June 06, 2003 Ecotecture
	Dispatch from Havana -- First, believe nothing you have heard about Cuba. The country, it's people, ecology, economy and ambience are entirely different from the quick and slick impression that most Norte Americanos get from television soundbites or an article in Newsweek. This is a country of spectacular natural beauty and incredible architecture, inhabited by a people of strength, grace, intelligence and monumental pride.

2/15/01			Environmental Protection Comes to Cuba -- For many Americans the country of Cuba inspires a series of predictable images: a fatigues-clad Fidel Castro, fields of sugar, crumbling architectural treasures and out-of-date automobiles. But how many, when considering the country some 150 miles from the tip of Florida, would contemplate an energized, government-sponsored environmental awareness? (Inside Tulane)
10/5/01			Twenty Issues for a Green Agenda -- A Cuban fable of African origin tells that one day, a tocoloro bird began to think about going in search of the end of the world. The first thing he did was go to the top of a hill and look, but his vision got lost in the distance and there was nothing. (Ethics and the Culture of Development Conference)
12/1/00			Cuba's Environmental Strategy -- Both in spite of and because of the economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba has adopted an ecological perspective on development. Agriculture and other fields experienced major changes in direction. (David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies)
3/1997			A Patch of Green: Supporting Sustainable Development In Cuba -- Since the economic crisis that began in 1989, the Cuban government has been unable to provide enough of basic necessities. (Global Exchange)
1997			Cuba's New Law of the Environment: An Introduction -- On July 11, 1997 Cuba adopted a "framework" environmental law and vested primary responsibility for its implementation with the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), an agency that was itself created only in 1994. (Tulane Institute for Environmental Law and Policy)
1997			Cuba's Dilemma -- The Aerocaribe flight from Cancun to Havana was a far cry from the earlier American Airlines flight from Miami to Cancun. The aged plane rattled painfully as it hit the Cuban runway after just 40 minutes in the air, and the several dozen people who emerged onto the dark runway were clearly not tourists. (The Worldwatch Institute)
11/1/92			Green Cuba -- Although suffering from both the 33-year-old U.S. trade embargo and the collapse of favorable trade relations, Cuba has bucked the global trend of poor countries eviscerating their environmental protections. (Virginia Warner Brodine)