Reports and publications
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Improving data, community engagement, and strategic initiatives to address America’s groundwater challenges
Type: Letter
Date: July 22, 2024
The following set of recommendations was produced by the Climate Resilient Waters Systems team of the Environmental Defense Fund in response to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science andTechnology (PCAST) call for input on America’s groundwater challenges.
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Building on EDF's November 2023 Missing Methane report, which explored the oil and gas methane disclosures and policies of the six largest US banks, this report assesses key European banks actively engaged in financing oil and gas. It analyses the methane disclosures and policies of Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, Société Générale and UniCredit. It identifies best practices with respect to methane disclosures and target setting and makes recommendations for engagement with oil and gas clients.
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This guide from EDF provides an overview of the methane regulatory landscape and examines a suite of new and revised rules that address oil and gas methane emissions and waste in the United States.
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Integrating spatial management with fisheries management - Workshop summary [PDF]
Type: Report
Date: July 12, 2024
Cuba sits at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. The largest of the Antillean chain, Cuba accounts for nearly half of the land mass of the Caribbean Islands. Stretching for 750 miles, Cuba supports diverse landscapes and seascapes and is the most important island in the region in terms of biodiversity.With more than 3,000 endemic vascular plant species, and more than 160 endemic animal species, Cuba is considered by many to be the “crown jewel of the Caribbean."
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Manual de legislación ambiental para la gestión de la zona costera de Cuba
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This report gives an overview of Marine Protected Areas in Cuba. The coastal and marine protected areas in Cuba constitute a subsystem within the National System of Protected Areas.
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Ecotourism in Cuba: A model for sustainable economic development
Type: Column/Article
Date: July 12, 2024
With relations between the United States and Cuba defrosting and investment interest building for the island in the U.S. and beyond, Cuba is at a crossroads.
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Tri-national collaboration & research in the Gardens of the Queen: The expedition begins
Type: Column/Article
Date: July 12, 2024
Coral reefs are some of the world’s most imperiled marine habitats. Impacts from climate change, pollution, overfishing and resource extraction combine to threaten reefs all over the world. This is especially true in the Caribbean, where rapid development is underway across the Caribbean Sea, exacerbating the stressors on coral reefs and their related seagrass and mangrove ecosystems.
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Ten days of Exploration in the Gardens of the Queen
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JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON COOPERATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION