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Climate Change: A
Priority
By Jose
Armando Fernandez Salaz
An international research on the adaptation to climate change in
phase two for Central America and the Caribbean pointed out in 2008
the main consequences for agriculture, human health and even the
style of living in the eastern province of Las Tunas.
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According to the research which had the participation of experts
from the Dominican Republic and Cuba, proposed 146 actions,
which will be implemented depending on the required conditions.
In Las Tunas the measures in execution responds to environmental
deterioration making this province the most deforested region on
the island (only 14 percent of the total surface covered with
forests) and with the lowest rate of rain (1 038 millimeters a
year).
The recent rainy season placed the territory with figures
superior than in previous years. However, 2009 is among the
driest season since 1901.
Figures from the Provincial Meteorological Center show that
since 1971 there is a tendency towards a dry phase.
The increase in the minimum average yearly temperature of 1.2
degrees and the period of over 30 days between dry and rainy
seasons also confirms the incidence of climate change in eastern
Las Tunas province.
Although this incident is expressed as part of the work of
nature it also responds to the uncontrolled exploitation of the
resources. The main ecological battle is the consciousness of
the people.
That is why it is so important to promote early consciousness on
the need for sustainable development and the adaptation of new
environmental circumstances.
In this sense, the Education Ministry in Las Tunas and the NGO
Save the Children are developing a project called “Prepared in
Facing Hurricanes and Droughts”, which make up over 10 000
people.
This initiative centers its actions in the training of teachers
and students for the reduction of risks before natural
disasters, as well as the formation of environmental culture as
a response to climate change.
Young people that live in communities in the northern part of
the province, where there are alterations in its weather
conditions attend conferences made up of specialists from the
Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment and measures
that are related to issues of ecology, share their knowledge
among its comrades.
The failure of the recent Cancun Summit, in Mexico, showed that
in order to achieve a more effective response before the
destruction of the environment a change is very important among
humanity which must assume their relationship with nature.
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