Premio PROY CEPRU CUBA

PREMIOS
PROYECTOS PPD/FMAM/PNUD
CUBA
PREMIOS RECIBIDOS AL PROYECTO
CUB/05/04 “Disminución de las emisiones de dioxinas y furanos, por la eliminación de la
quema incontrolada de desechos sólidos urbanos, en la comunidad de Isleta.”
1. Premio Nacional de Medio Ambiente de la República de Cuba, año 2006
a. Premio otorgado a los resultados del proyecto, por su impacto ambiental y
social.
b. El Premio Nacional de Medio Ambiente, es la mayor distinción que otorga
la
República de Cuba anualmente a personas, comunidades e
instituciones por los logros obtenidos en su acción ambiental.
c. www.medioambiente.cu
http://www.undp.org.cu/ppd/nota_prensa_20JUNIO.pdf
;
LA
SRA. IRANIA MARTÍNEZ LIDER DEL PROYECTO EN EL ACTO DE ENTREGA DEL PREMIO NACIONAL DE MEDIO
AMBIENTE DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA
2. Premio otorgado por el Administrador del PNUD al proyecto más innovativo
durante el 2006.
a. Premio que anualmente es otorgado por el Administrador del Programa de
Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo al proyecto mas innovativo.
b. http://www.undp.org.cu/noticias/cepru.html
3. Premio de la CNN “Héroes Anónimos en defensa del Medio Ambiente” 2007.
a. Premio anual que otorga la CNN mediante una nominación y votación de
sus espectadores, mas de 7000 nominaciones en ese año 2007.
b. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2007/12/06/heroes.irania.garcia.cn
n ; www.undp.org.cu/ppd
Irania Martinez Garcia | Guantanamo, Cuba
Irania Martinez Garcia lost her daughter to leukemia and was convinced the disease was
caused by environmental toxins from the burning of plastic and hospital waste in a dump
nearby.
Few thought she'd be able to turn the toxic dump site into an eco-friendly haven, but now,
Garcia is considered a local hero in Guantanamo. She has helped hundreds of local residents
learn how to grow food efficiently while using organic and sustainable materials from the dump
and from their own trash.
Garcia's idea was to clean up the dump by organizing it into organic and inorganic piles, and
then use the organic material to make compost, which would be used to plant fruit trees. The
inorganic materials would be stripped down to the core and resold for parts.
Meanwhile, Garcia's organization has earned the support of the Cuban government. Pollution
declined considerably in the area, and otherwise unemployed citizens have found work
converting dumps into resources that help them improve their quality of life.
c.
Se anexa Carta de felicitación de la Sra. Monique Barbut y artículo en
publicación del GEF.
April 2008
I. A Letter from the CEO
II. Stories from the Agencies
a. Biodiversity Mainstreaming
Protects South Africa's
Threathened Grasslands
b. Reversing Environmental
Degradation Trends in the
South China Seas and Gulf of
Thailand
c. Supporting Regional Efforts
to Reduce PCB Releases
through Improved Electrical
Equipment Management in
Francophone Africa
III. News from Small Grants
Programme (SGP)
a. GEF SGP Recent Awards
IV. News from the GEF
Evaluation Office
V. Country Support Program News
a. Support available to GEF
National Focal Points
VI. New Focal Points/Council
Members
VII. Announcements: New Staff
at GEFSec
III
News from Small Grants Programme (SGP)
GEF SGP Recent Awards
Cuba: GEF SGP Grantee Receives the CNN Heroes Award
In December 2007, Ms. Irania Martinez Garcia, manager of the SGP project on the
reduction of dioxin and furan emissions in Guantanamo, received the CNN Heroes
Award. The brief on her award explained that: “Irania Martinez Garcia lost her
daughter to leukemia and was convinced the disease was caused by environmental
toxins from the burning of plastic and hospital waste in a dump nearby. Few thought
she’d be able to turn the toxic dump site into an eco-friendly haven, but now Garcia
is considered a local hero in Guantanamo. She has helped hundreds of local
residents learn how to grow food efficiently while using organic and sustainable
materials from the dump and from their own trash.”
Belize: GEF SGP National Coordinator is James A. Waight Conservation
Awardee
On 18 February 2008, the National Coordinator of SGP Belize, Mr. Phillip
Balderamos, received the James A. Waight Conservation Award. Mr.
Balderamos was awarded for his commitment to bird conservation which spans
some 25 years, his unwavering advocacy and educational efforts for sustainable