Cuba celebrates this Sunday International Environment Day with numerous activities such as theoretical events, presentation of audiovisuals and talks on thoughts of historical leader Fidel Castro, on this subject, planting of trees and other actions in defense of nature.
Precisely, a few days ago the Cuban parliament approved the Law on the System of Natural Resources and the Environment, which outlines policies to be followed in this regard in the country and the strategy to be developed.
In a recent appearance on national television, deputy minister of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), Adianez Taboada Zamora, addressed the issue and referred to the strategy outlined by Cuba for the protection of the environment. Among the actions implemented in the largest of the Antilles are included in the medium term the plan to confront climate change, the life task and the plan to confront crimes linked to natural resources.
Cuba is working to anticipate the three global crises recognized today: the climate change crisis, air and water pollution, and the loss of biological diversity, Taboada said while highlighting the country's progress with international commitments, adopted with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Conference on Biological Diversity and Biodiversity and the Sustainable Development Goals until 2030.
Later, he referred to the validity that Fidel Castro's words have today, said during the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, when he warned that "an important biological species is at risk of disappearing due to the rapid and progressive liquidation of its natural conditions of life: man".
Hence the importance of the celebration of this day, June 5, and will take place throughout the year, under the motto of living sustainably and in harmony with nature. International Environment Day was established in 1973 by the United Nations to raise awareness among the world population about the importance of caring for our ecosystems and promoting respect for the environment.
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