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This
website is dedicated to Cuba's
landscape, its history, and to
its people. This research began
in 2002 and has continued to present
day. Dr. Gebelein has traveled
the length of the island over
the past several years, investigating
land use and land cover change.
She has hiked the Sierra Maestra,
El Yunque in the East, and dove
on the pristine reefs in the far
West of Maria La Gorda. She has
gathered invaluable data during
her travels ranging from the unique
vegetation types scattered throughout
the island, to noting various
geological structures including
the unique mojotes in the Valley
of Vinales. She has accumulated
several thousand beautiful and
informative images from her journeys
that document significant landscape
features, and also capture some
of the beauty of the cities, Cuba's
people, cloud forests, seascapes,
rocky coastlines, vast open fields,
and agriculture. The major thrust
of this research is linking physical
landscape change with social changes.
Both the social and physical landscape
are dominated by the evolution
of politics, economics, and the
impact of laws and reforms on
the country's people, agriculture
and conservation measures. If
you have any comments, questions,
or stories of your own travels
to Cuba to share with Dr Gebelein,
please do not hesitate to contact
her at either 305-348-1859 or
at gebelein@fiu.edu.
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