Carlos González Ruiz
The Central and Western Ecological Reserve of Cayo Coco, north of the Ciego de Ávila municipality of Avila, and the Loma de Cunagüa and El Venero Fauna Refuges, constitute protected areas within the Great Wetland of the North of Ciego de Ávila, with differentiated attention to to guarantee the safeguarding of all the biodiversity it contains.
According to directors of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Citma, the ecosystem as a whole has an enviable flora, with resources that include 82 families, 225 genera, 344 species and 48 endemic plants, of which 10 are reported in the catalog of threatened or extinct.
Plant formations such as mangroves also stand out, which provide habitat and reproduction spaces for a huge number of birds and fish and contribute to avoiding marine erosion of the coasts, hence the Life Task in that environment multiplies its actions in its Conservation and maintenance.
The Great Northern Wetland of Ciego de Ávila represents an important reservoir for a wide variety of animals since 251 species of terrestrial vertebrates coexist in that area, of which 9 are amphibians, 7 of them with a degree of endemism.