Can Cuba preserve ecosystems while profiting from tourism?
As Cuba tries to open up its economy and lure western investment through tourism, environmentalists are working to prove that protection of the environment can also be a profitable pursuit....
========== JUDY WOODRUFF: While the Trump administration
is imposing new restrictions on Americanstraveling to Cuba, the island nation is working
to lure more tourism and economic developmentby showcasing its environment and biodiversity.The catch is that, if this ecotourism development
goes too fast or too far, Cuba could jeopardizethe very species and environment that makes
it so distinct.Miles O'Brien reports from Cuba for our weekly
segment the Leading Edge.MILES O'BRIEN: This breeding facility for
endangered Cuban crocodiles was a revolutionaryidea, in more ways than one.Cuban President Fidel Castro ordered it built
only three months after he seized power.It may seem like an odd priority for a young
communist revolutionary, but it offered anearly inkling that ...