{"id":108,"date":"2009-07-15T14:27:27","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T21:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/07\/15\/edf-participates-in-environment-and-development-convention-in-cuba\/"},"modified":"2009-07-15T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T21:27:27","slug":"edf-participates-in-environment-and-development-convention-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/07\/15\/edf-participates-in-environment-and-development-convention-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF Participates in Environment and Development Convention in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2009\/07\/571352381_d08d2a1fab_m.jpg\" alt=\"Three fishermen, El Malec\u00f3n, Havana, Cuba: Photo by MissMass (http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/missmass\/)\" \/>Last week, EDF&#8217;s Dan Whittle and Denise Stetten attended and presented at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cubambiente.com\/index.php?module=invitation\">7th International Convention on Environment and Development<\/a> in Havana, Cuba. The convention brought together scientists, government officials, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and others to discuss solutions to various issues, including environmental education, protected areas, environmental management, ecosystems\u00a0and biodiversity management,\u00a0and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Whittle, EDF&#8217;s project director on Cuba, participated in the convention&#8217;s colloquium on environmental law, which focused on public participation in environmental decision-making. He also gave a presentation entitled &#8220;Shared Ecosystems: Opportunities for Increasing\u00a0Environmental Cooperation and Collaboration,&#8221; in which Dan emphasized that partnerships between U.S. and Cuban scientists, NGOs, and government agencies can result in the production of better information that in turn should result in better policies and decisions.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=25618\">Denise Stetten<\/a>, Latin America program manager at EDF, also participated in the conference and worked with our Cuban partners on an assessment of coastal conservation in Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, EDF&#8217;s Dan Whittle and Denise Stetten attended and presented at the 7th International Convention on Environment and Development in Havana, Cuba. The convention brought together scientists, government officials, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and others to discuss solutions to various issues, including environmental education, protected areas, environmental management, ecosystems\u00a0and biodiversity management,\u00a0and climate change. 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