February 02, 2004 Prensa Latina
	Cuban and US Scientists Study Island Biodiversity -- The biodiversity of Cuban eastern regions is under study by groups of US and Cuban scientists to assess and accelerate conservation, supply data on environmental deterioration and observe the pattern of flora and fauna.
January 27, 2004 Prensa Latina
	New Species of Rodent Discovered in Cuba -- Researchers found the alleged new species of hutia (animals of night life habits whose main diet is mainly leafs, but the new possible species' food habit is palm trunks that he gnaws up making it to fall down) in Cay Ballenato del Medio, a natural protected area of Nuevitas Bay, located more than 530 kilometers West of Havana.
December 29, 2003 Sioux City Journal
	Sioux City native studies evolution, ecology of lizards in Cuba -- Sioux City native Jason Kolbe recently returned from Cuba where he did research on the behavioral and evolutionary ecology of lizards.
November 16, 2003 Boulder Daily Camera
	The Other Side of Cuba -- An incredible range of plants and animals thrive on Cuba's southern coast, where natural isolation - and the U.S. embargo - protect them from development.
November 01, 2003 National Geographic
	Cuba's wild side -- Known more for its music and politics than for its wildlife, Cuba in fact teems with unusual species, from tiny frogs and orchids to particularly feisty crocodiles.
October 12, 2003 Prensa Latina
	Threatened Marine Species -- Specialists estimate that in the coming years the risk of extinction in the sea environment will be greater and the species listed will share the list with others seriously threatened, that still exist in the land and sweet water ecosystems.
September 23, 2003 Associated Press
	Creature Thought Extinct Found in Cuba -- A living example of an insectivore native to Cuba- but believed for years to be extinct - has been found in the island's eastern mountains, a Cuban news agency reported.
August 19, 2003 Granma International
	236 Zones Throughout Cuba Declared Protected Areas -- The Cuban National Center for Protected Areas has declared 236 zones, with a combined area of almost 88,000 square kilometers, as having national and local significance.

Statistical Studies and Maps

• Cuba's Biodiversity Study (in Spanish)
• United Nations Sustainable Development /Information on Cuba
• World Conservation Monitoring Center (maps, graphs, statistics)
• Caribbean Sustainable Development Assessment/National Implementation of SIDS-Program of Action
• Caribbean Environmental Program Country Profile

Birds and Frogs and Other Cuban Creatures

2/18/02

Cuban scientists study at sanctuary -- In an exchange of science between nations at odds, two Cuban scientists spent time sharing knowledge with ornithologists at the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary during the weekend. (Republican Herald)

• Cuba: How to See Almost All the Specialties
  By John Hornbuckle, WorldTwitch
• British Bird Watching Fair to Aid Cuban Endemics
• Where Do You Want to go Birding in Cuba?
• The Bumblebee Hummingbird
• Biotic Surveys Program Uncovers World's Smallest Frog
• Animal Info - Cuba

Articles

• Cienaga de Zapata National Park: The Prodigious Land
  By Alberto D. Perez, Granma International, August 28, 2001
• Natural History and Environmental Issues of Cuba
  By Tod Frolking and Alan Stam, Dept of Biological Sciences, Capital University
• Conservation Initiatives in Cuba
  By The Society for Conservation Biology
• Conservation and Development Strategy, National System of Protected Areas
  By Antonio Perera Puga, Pedro Rosabal Gonzalez, and Arturo López
• Cuba, "Crown Jewel Of Caribbean Biodiversity," Threatened
  By Environmental Defense