{"id":252103,"date":"2022-04-28T15:11:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=252103"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:11:52","slug":"cuba-opening-of-illegal-ditch-damages-ancon-peninsulas-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-opening-of-illegal-ditch-damages-ancon-peninsulas-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: opening of illegal ditch damages Anc\u00f3n peninsula\u2019s environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unauthorized opening of an almost five-kilometer-long ditch on the coastal strip of the Anc\u00f3n peninsula has caused significant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/cuban-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">environmental<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> damage to one of the most important ecosystems in the central Cuban province of Sancti Sp\u00edritus, according to official media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.escambray.cu\/2022\/una-herida-en-la-peninsula-de-ancon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a feature article in the local newspaper <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Escambray<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the aforementioned ecosystem, which functions as a protective shield against erosion and salinization, is home to a large number of species and stands out for its natural beauty, for which it constitutes a \u201cstrategic resource\u201d for the area and its tourist development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this regard, Dalgis Due\u00f1a Boggiano, representative of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Sancti Sp\u00edritus municipality of Trinidad, told the media outlet that the illegally opened ditch \u201cis located on the coastal strip, so it does cause environmental damage and even harms the views of that beach area frequented by national and foreign vacationers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Escambray<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> publication specifies that the open furrow extends from the well-known Curva de Alfredo to the entrance of Mar\u00eda Aguilar Beach, and that several days and mechanized equipment were used for its execution.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La agresi\u00f3n al fr\u00e1gil ecosistema costero evidencia la falta de sensibilidad de algunos funcionarios en cuanto a la protecci\u00f3n del medio ambiente y el cumplimiento de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TareaVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TareaVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SanctiSp%C3%ADritus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SanctiSp\u00edritus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trinidad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trinidad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citmacuba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@citmacuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitmaSancti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CitmaSancti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeivyPrezMartn1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeivyPrezMartn1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ShLKiCnmnb\">https:\/\/t.co\/ShLKiCnmnb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a5QllRzYYy\">pic.twitter.com\/a5QllRzYYy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Escambray (@escambraycu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/escambraycu\/status\/1518659338637824003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jorge Jes\u00fas Chaviano, a representative of the Office of Environmental Regulation and Safety (ORSA) in that locality, explained that the event\u2019s \u201cobjective was to discover an old water conductor to extract the steel structure (wire rod) used in the construction\u201d and that once discovered, the authorities of the territory and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/ministry-of-the-interior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of the Interior (MININT)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were informed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature article says that at the time of its publication the authors of the damage were already known as well as the origin of the equipment used, which is part of the crew and equipment participating in the construction of the Mel\u00eda Pen\u00ednsula Hotel, in one of the plots of that ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In statements to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Escambray<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, David Calzada Jim\u00e9nez, head of the Office of Environmental Regulation and Safety in the province of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/sancti-spiritus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sancti Sp\u00edritus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, assured that those responsible will have to \u201cimmediately restore\u201d the damage caused to the section of the coastal strip in a term of no less than 72 hours and the payment of a fine, based on what is established in Decree-Law No. 200 on Environmental Contraventions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the amount of this fine, according to what was investigated by the media, the amount could vary from 400 CUP in the event that those responsible are natural persons, to 10,000 CUP if the participation of a legal entity is demonstrated. But, beyond these possible measures, the feature article questions the fact itself and the \u201cpermissive attitudes\u201d that made it possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow was it possible to mobilize equipment, open the ditch and deactivate the steel structure without calling attention to it in a timely manner?\u201d asks the journalistic work, which points out that the attack on the fragile coastal ecosystem shows the lack of sensitivity of some officials regarding the protection of the environment and compliance with what is established for its safeguard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Escambray<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recalls that the Anc\u00f3n peninsula is one of the areas protected in Sancti Sp\u00edritus by the Tarea Vida \u2014 the Cuban state plan to face <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">climate change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 and that the area welcomes Cuban and international beachgoers, even outside the summer season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faced with this reality, it stresses that the act \u201cshould not go unpunished\u201d and that beyond the inability to avoid it, the identification of those responsible \u201cbecomes an act of justice to heal this kind of terrible blow to nature, but also to question such practices,\u201d which it considers incompatible with government strategies\u2019 postulates and human sensibility.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ditch extends for almost five kilometers and several days and mechanized equipment were used for its execution. 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