In the People’s Republic of China, a training programme on resilient development and low-carbon emissions in the energy, agri-food and solid waste treatment sectors is taking place between 10 and 23 June, aimed at 25 professionals from Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma).
The training, run by the Ministry of Commerce of the Asian giant and executed by the Chengdu Biogas Research Institute (Bioma), attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, is being attended by Citma representatives from all Cuban provinces, including the organisation’s central headquarters.
In an online interview with the Cuban News Agency, Yandira González Mejías, head of the Department of Natural Resources, Priority Ecosystems and Climate Change at the Citma Territorial Delegation in Las Tunas province, described the training and technical exchange experience as valuable.
They are receiving lectures on building resilience and low-carbon energy transition, the safe treatment and recovery of restoration and household kitchen waste, and urban solid waste incineration technologies for electricity generation.
These will be complemented by lessons on emission reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas, based on renewable rural energies; pollution control in livestock and poultry farms, using biogas produced from animal manure; and biomass energy.
As part of the programme, the Cuban specialists visited the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a world-renowned hydraulic work, recognised as the Source of Celestial Abundance and with a millennia-old irrigation tradition that made it a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site, a World Heritage Irrigation System, and a tourist area.
Likewise, through visits to historical, cultural and recreational sites, the Cuban delegation is broadening its knowledge of the People’s Republic of China and appreciating its performance in the care and conservation of natural resources and the environment.
González Mejías highlighted the visit to the Giant Panda Research and Breeding Centre, located in Chengdu city and covering 133.6 hectares, where around 200 specimens of this charismatic bear species live, including 20 red pandas.
The Citma Territorial Delegation in Ciego de Ávila highlighted the participation in this training of engineer Neslan Cardoso Lupetey, a young man with excellent performance in tasks aimed at protecting natural resources and the environment, and mitigating and adapting to climate change.
The aforementioned course is taking place amid the strengthening of cooperation programmes between China and Cuba, and also responds to the Asian nation’s commitment to train professionals from developing countries, as part of efforts to promote sustainable progress globally.
