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• - Research articles and books on sustainable agricultural practices.
  
• - Map showing locations, with descriptions, photos, and species lists.
  
• - A full-text report from Oxfam America on Cubas food crisis, agricultural reform, and dramatic adoption of large-scale organic agriculture.
  
• - UK-based organisation which supports organic farming and sustainable agriculture on the island. Describes Cuban groups working in this area.
  
• - Full-text article from Earth Island Journal by Peter Rosset, an agricultural ecologist, executive director of Food First, and one of the leading experts on ecological farming in Cuba.
  
• - Describes the growth of sustainable, urban agriculture to confront the food shortages of the 1990s.
  
• - An early article on Cuba's adoption of ecological development practices.
  
• - Complete MSc thesis (McGill University, December 2000) examining the benefits of urban agriculture in Havana.
  
• - Includes several abstracts of biotechnology articles written in Cuba in the Publications section.
  
• - Full-text article from Smithsonian Magazine examines the rich biodiversity of Cuba, and questions whether a rush to develop could undermine it.
  
• - Details the state-sponsorship of urban agriculture in Cuba in response to the food crisis of the 1990s.
  
• - Describes location, biology and hydrology, human use, and conservation management.
  
• - An agronomist, professor, and researcher at the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba, writes briefly of the development of urban agriculture in his city. Includes graphs and photos.
  
• - A brief report on organic gardening in Cienfuegos, with some references and pictures.
  
• - 2000. A deep ecological perspective on contemporary Cuba.
  
• - Highly technical report from a composting study on using biofertilizer, natural minerals, and organic residues to control pollution, recover degraded soil, and improve the substratum. By Dr. Pedro Cairo of Universidad Central de las Villas, Santa Clara, V
  
• - The Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment's report on the environment and development five years after the Earth Summit.
  
• - A Canadian urban agriculturalist's experience of city farming in Havana.