IAEA studies contamination in Cuban marine ecosystems

 HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 12 (ACN) The Environmental Studies Laboratory of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), based in Monaco, is conducting important studies on pollution in Cuba's marine ecosystems.

Through rigorous and internationally recognized techniques, IAEA is calculating the economic-financial potential of blue carbon in Cuba and giving doctoral courses on various subjects to local specialists, the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA) reported.

CITMA first deputy minister José Fidel Santana Núñez, a member of the Cuban delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Inés Maria Chapman to the III United Nations Ocean Conference held in Nice, visited the facility in Monaco, where he learned about its practices in favor of environmental preservation.

A study by international organizations warned that the Earth is overstepping another planetary limit as ocean acidification exceeds critical levels to the detriment of marine life and the sustainability of fisheries.

“Without a healthy ocean, there cannot be a healthy planet”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said at the opening Monday of the summit co-chaired by France and Costa Rica.