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Guyana presses for EPA compromise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:45:47 -0000
Guyana is hoping for Caricom support on a 'compromise' to the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU.
BBC Caribbean News in Brief
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:51:13 -0000
Jamaica sets up a crisis committee to monitor the worsening global financial crisis - and other stories.
The reggae debate: still unresolved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:37:08 -0000
The reggae debate rages on. Who has had the greatest influence in - and on - reggae music? Have your say.
Bolt gets hero's welcome
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:20:33 -0000
Bolt gets hero's welcome
In pictures: Hurricane Ike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:44:03 -0000
A picture gallery of the damage done by Hurricane Ike and related rains over the weekend.
In pictures: Memories of Carifesta
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:47:21 -0000
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Cienfuegos, the Capital of Urban Agriculture in Cuba - An agronomist, professor, and researcher at the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba, writes briefly of the development of urban agriculture in his city. Includes graphs and photos.
Cuba Goes Green: Government-Run Vegetable Gardens Sprout in Cities Across Island - Details the state-sponsorship of urban agriculture in Cuba in response to the food crisis of the 1990s.
Cuba Organic Support Group (COSG) - UK-based organisation which supports organic farming and sustainable agriculture on the island. Describes Cuban groups working in this area.
Meta Description: [ The Cuba Organic Support Group (COSG) is a UK based organisation which supports the organic movement in Cuba through fund-raising, speakers, publicity and the promotion of Gardening Brigades to Cuba ]
Cuba: Going Against the Grain - A full-text report from Oxfam America on Cubas food crisis, agricultural reform, and dramatic adoption of large-scale organic agriculture.
Meta Description: [ This Oxfam America report examines how Cuba has successfully turned a severe food crisis into a sustained recovery in food production.
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Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean - Photos, video, and supporting articles on animal life from the television show Nature.
Meta Description: [ Cuba's political and economic isolation has provided the outside world little opportunity to see its wildlife ... until now. ]
Cuban Biotechnology - Includes several abstracts of biotechnology articles written in Cuba in the Publications section.
Meta Description: [ The BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP (GNDP), created within the CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (CIGB) , Havana, Cuba, has the mission to speed-up its Portfolio of R&D projects through alliances with potential partners, under different business structures, thereby allowing to complete ... ]
Food First - Research articles and books on sustainable agricultural practices.
Green Cuba - An early article on Cuba's adoption of ecological development practices.
Greening of Cuba - Full-text article from Earth Island Journal by Peter Rosset, an agricultural ecologist, executive director of Food First, and one of the leading experts on ecological farming in Cuba.
Havana's Popular Gardens: Sustainable Urban Agriculture - Describes the growth of sustainable, urban agriculture to confront the food shortages of the 1990s.
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Man and the Biosphere Reserves in Cuba - Map showing locations, with descriptions, photos, and species lists.
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI): Country Overview - Review of Cuban accomplishments in biosciences, with an analysis of their application in bio-warfare.
The Application of Deep Ecology in Cuba - 2000. A deep ecological perspective on contemporary Cuba.
The Nature of Cuba - Full-text article from Smithsonian Magazine examines the rich biodiversity of Cuba, and questions whether a rush to develop could undermine it.
The New Revolution - Urban Agriculture in Cuba - A Canadian urban agriculturalist's experience of city farming in Havana.
User Benefits of Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba - Complete MSc thesis (McGill University, December 2000) examining the benefits of urban agriculture in Havana.
Will Cuba's Biotechnology Capacity Survive the SocioÂeconomic Crisis? - Article reviewing the development of this industrial sector, and considering possibly conflicting goals of research to support food production vs. commercialization. Also includes brief descriptions of major research facilities and their areas of work.
Meta Description: [ Elderhorst, M., 'Will Cuba's Biotechnology Capacity
Survive the Socio-economic Crisis?' In the 1980s, Cuba went through a phase of profound and rapid development
of modern biotechnology. This development took place within a centrallyplanned
economy which had been strongly dependent on the former... ]
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