** 22% of the island is under some form of environmental protection

 ** In 2003 forest cover was 21%  compared to 14% in 1956

 Source:::http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues03/may03/cuba.html


 ** In Havana, there are 27,000 gardens covering 5 thousand acres of land, yielding an estimated 1 million tons annually.

 ** In the province of Cienfuegos there are more than 50,000 gardens, 120 of which are in the city of Cienfuegos.

 Source::: Linking people to the land; Cuba turns to Mother Earth by Alison Auld cited in Isaac Saney's Cuba: A Revolution in Motion (see book section)