{"id":7305,"date":"2022-08-30T12:42:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2022-08-30T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:42:11","slug":"cuba-gardens-of-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-gardens-of-the-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: Gardens of the Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How a protected reef became one of the world&#8217;s last healthy ecosystems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gardens of the Queen\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/273347895?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"747\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba&#8217;s Gardens of the Queen, (Jardines De La Reina), is often called the crown jewel of the Caribbean. This is one of the healthiest and most vibrant marine ecosystems in the world. Strictly protected since 1996, the Gardens show us what&#8217;s possible when we commit to creating healthy and abundant oceans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video series showcases the rich diversity of life in the islands, reefs and mangroves of this remote archipelago. In each of the seven episodes, you&#8217;ll join the SeaLegacy team on expedition as it discovers the hidden lives\u00a0of the sharks, crocodiles, grouper, lobster, sardines and other species that make the Gardens unique. You&#8217;ll also hear from scientists, tourism operators and government officials, who provide insight into what it takes to create, operate, and maintain an ecosystem like this and how this model of environmental management could inform future global efforts to protect and revive critically endangered reefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sealegacy.org\/pages\/cuba-series\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sealegacy.org\/pages\/cuba-series\">Sealegacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a protected reef became one of the world&#8217;s last healthy ecosystems Cuba&#8217;s Gardens of the Queen, (Jardines De La Reina), is often called the<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-gardens-of-the-queen\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":7306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8584,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cubas-gardens-of-the-queen\/","url_meta":{"origin":7305,"position":0},"title":"Cuba&#8217;s Gardens of the Queen","author":"Editorial Team","date":"January 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a21SxpRymA8 Cuba's Gardens of the Queen, (Jardines De La Reina), is often called the crown jewel of the Caribbean. 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