# EDF's Dan Whittle on Environmental Protection Collaboration with Cuba

*Published:* 2009-08-28
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![Dan Whittle, Southeast Regional Director for EDF Oceans program.](https://blogs.edf.org/edfish/wp-content/blogs.dir/18/files//nfs/c01/h03/mnt/33703/domains/blogs.edf.org/html/wp-content/blogs.dir/18/files//2009/05/dan_whittle.JPG)Dan Whittle, EDF’s Cuba Program Director, recently wrote a [letter to the editor](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/opinion/lweb28cuba.html?_r=1&ref=opinion) of the New York Times in response to their article on the collaboration between the U.S. and Cuba. Dan explains how U.S./Cuba cooperation is greatly needed when it comes to not only dealing with weather conditions such as hurricanes, but also environmental protections for coral reefs and fish populations among other environmental concerns.