The Cuban wetlands is a flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregion on the island of Cuba and nearby smaller islands. The ecoregion covers 5,631 km2 (2...
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national flower. Cuba is home to six terrestrial ecoregions: Cuban moist forests, Cuban dry forests, Cuban pine forests, Cuban wetlands, Cuban cactus scrub...
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Zapata Swamp (redirect from Zapata wetlands)
Zapata Cuban Brown Curlytail in Zapata Northern Mockingbird in Zapata Eastern Giant Toad Wetlands portal Ernst Thälmann Island Geography of Cuba Protected...
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Ramsar Convention (redirect from Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat)
conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands). It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran...
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Cuba, referred to as the Cuban Project, which continued throughout the first half of the 1960s. The Soviet administration was concerned about a Cuban...
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Caribbean: a conservation assessment. Draft report. World Wildlife Fund-U.S., Wetlands International, Biodiversity Support Program, and United States Agency for...
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(The Bahamas) Cuban pine forests (Cuba) Hispaniolan pine forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti) Cuban wetlands (Cuba) Enriquillo wetlands (Dominican Republic...
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of Cuba's moist forests include the Cuban tody (Todus multicolor), bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus), Cuban solitaire...
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Greater Antilles mangroves (category Ecoregions of Cuba)
forests of the Greater Antilles – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Mangroves are estimated to cover 5,569 km2 in Cuba (or 4.8% of the country); 134...
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in Cuba as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). by major habitat type Cuban moist forests Cuban dry forests Cuban pine forests Cuban wetlands...
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the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific...
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Mexican wetlands Mexico Neotropical Flooded grasslands and savannas Cuban wetlands Cuba Neotropical Flooded grasslands and savannas Enriquillo wetlands Dominican...
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Operation Mongoose (redirect from The Cuban Project)
Mongoose was a secret program against Cuba that aimed to remove the Cuban government from power, and to force the Cuban government to introduce intrusive...
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Bay of Pigs Invasion (redirect from Invasion of Cuba)
southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by the United States of America and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed...
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Sandhill crane (redirect from Cuba sandhill crane)
listed. Sandhill cranes occur in pastures, open prairies and freshwater wetlands in peninsular Florida from the Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp. Some...
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Black Wasp (special forces) (redirect from Black Wasp (Cuban Special Forces))
of the Isla de la Juventud (formerly Isla de Pinos), huge wetlands located both west of Cuba, in strict survival conditions. Passing these exercises means...
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Playa Girón (category Beaches of Cuba)
about 1,500 armed Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, an American CIA-sponsored attempt to overthrow the new government of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel...
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West Indian whistling duck (redirect from Cuban Whistling Duck)
Wetlands are a very limited habitat in the Caribbean, with continuing conversion for development and agriculture. More than 50% of remaining wetlands...
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Caicos Islands) Cuban pine forests (Cuba) Hispaniolan pine forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti) Cuban wetlands (Cuba) Enriquillo wetlands (Dominican Republic...
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species of fish The Cuban tree frog is known to eat smaller native frogs including the squirrel tree frog. As the population of the Cuban tree frog has increased...
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American trees in the genus Fraxinus which may grow in swamps and other wetlands. The wood of swamp ashes is relatively low in density and is used in the...
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Habitat: Diet: NE Unknown Cuban crocodile C. rhombifer Cuvier, 1807 Cuba Size: up to 215 kg (474 lb) Habitat: Inland wetlands Diet: CR 3,000–5000 Siamese...
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Nesophontidae Genus: Nesophontes Western Cuban nesophontes, N. micrus EX Family: Solenodontidae Genus: Atopogale Cuban solenodon, A. cubana EN The bats' most...
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John F. Kennedy (section Cuban Missile Crisis)
bomb Cuban airfields. The bombers missed many of their targets, leaving most of Castro's air force intact. On April 17, the 1,500 U.S.-trained Cuban exile...
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the wetlands loan advances and extended the appropriation authorization through September 30, 1988. This was also a part of the Emergency Wetlands Resources...
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Peltandra virginica (category Flora of Cuba)
tuckahoe. It is widely distributed in wetlands in the eastern United States, as well as in Quebec, Ontario, and Cuba. It is common in central Florida including...
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ponds, marshes, wetlands, rivers, lakes, and swamps, as well as in brackish water. When they construct alligator holes in the wetlands, they increase plant...
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Robert F. Kennedy (section Cuba)
Pigs Invasion in Cuba, which included covert operations that targeted Cuban civilians. He also helped develop the strategy during the Cuban Missile Crisis...
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Zapata sparrow (redirect from Cuban Sparrow)
As the species is no longer confined to Zapata the alternative name of Cuban sparrow is sometimes suggested. Each population is assigned to a different...
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