Subject: Gisela Alonso in the news
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Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 12:43:35 -0700

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Cuba Sets Up Climate Change National Group
Created on Monday, 19 May 2014 14:33 | Hits: 17 | Yoandry
CUBA NEWS AGENCY

HAVANA, Cuba, May (acn) Cuban institutions and government agencies comprise the Climate Change National Group to evaluate adaptation and mitigation measures against extreme natural events, an expert on the subject reported in this city.
The Ministries of Science, Technology and Environment, Agriculture, Education and Higher Education, Industries, as well as Transport and Construction are represented in the new entity, Gisela Alonso Dominguez, president of the Environment Agency (AMA by its Spanish acronym), told ACN.
She said the institutes of Meteorology and Water Resources, the Center for the Study of the World Economy and the University of Havana, among others are also included.
The specialist praised the execution of an inventory with the most relevant results of the past 15 years collecting experiences of various economic and social sectors of the country in relation to conciliation measures.
Alonso Dominguez announced the upcoming presentation in Havana of the book "Impactos del cambio climático y medidas de adaptación en Cuba," which will be of consultation on the Cuban archipelago vulnerability against sea level rise, changing rainfall patterns and excessive weather events.
However, she noted the conduction of researches on marine and coastal biodiversity in protected areas in parts of southern Cuba, on environmental quality, management of invasive alien species, taxonomic and access to biodiversity studies, and the use of marine organisms for biomedical industry.
She confirmed that Cuba continues applying the wastewater treatment service, aimed at meeting the needs of specific sectors.
On energy, the construction of the Wind Atlas was completed and also a study on the distribution determination of solar radiation in the country from information by the heliographic network, Alonso Dominguez added.