[NYTr] Cuba Works to Protect the Ozone Layer
 
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:21:02 -0500 (CDT)

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Radio Havana Cuba - Jul 6, 2007
http://www.radiohc.cu

Cuba Works to Protect the Ozone Layer

Havana, July 6 (RHC)-Cuba has obtained important results in the
reduction of toxic gases that affects the ozone layer, said Dr. Nelson
Espinosa, Director of Cuba's Technical Office on the Ozone.

Espinosa offered a conference during the last day of the 6th
International Conference on the Environment that wound up on Friday in
Havana.

He stressed that the Energy Revolution underway in the country has
contributed in the reduction of important amounts of toxic substances
that affect the ozone layer, like Freon gases, used in refrigerators
and other equipment. The Cuban official also assured that the islandB4s
actions in the field have reduced the use of chlorofluorocarbons, one
of the substances that destroy the layer that protects Earth.

Espinosa recalled only 24 countries signed the Montreal Protocol in
1987 at the time. How, however, 191 nations have signed the agreement,
showing the will of the international community to recover the levels
of the ozone layer to those of the 1980B4s.

Almost 800 delegates from 30 countries attended the 6th International
Conference on the Environment and Development which began on Monday in
Havana. Also present in the important event was the Executive Director
of the UN Environment Agency, Achim Steiner who offered a master
conference on the effects of climate changes on the earth's ecosystems.
       
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