Cali, Colombia, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuba denounced here today the adverse effects of the blockade imposed by the United States over the proper management of marine-coastal ecosystems in the island, which is prevented from accessing financing and goods in the international market by such sanctions.

In a closing speech at the Event of Administrators of Networks of Marine Protected Areas in the Caribbean, Cuba’s Vice Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Adianez Taboada, stressed that, nevertheless, her country has the political will to protect biodiversity.

She assured such commitment is in force, “despite the harsh conditions imposed by the economic, commercial and financial blockade, which has been intensified in the last five years, while the current US administration is making no substantive changes to reduce its impact.”

According to the official, most of the countries facing deterioration of their coastal and ocean environmental conditions belong in the developing world.

For this reason, she said, they require consistent sources of financing, as well as advanced technologies that allow them to achieve the objectives proposed from 2025, both at the national and regional level.

In her words, Cuba’s marine and coastal biodiversity are highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change, in the aftermath of the rise in the average sea level and temperatures.

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