Cuba 2022

General time schedule and outcomes

Date Activity
18.09.22 Arrival in Holguin
19.09.22 Get together, Excursion to the coastal zones in Holguin province Sampling site for C. uvifera, plant diversity in vulnerable areas (Roldan Torres Gutierrez, Evelyn Pérez Rodríguez, Raymundo Vento Tielve, Marjorie Bonilla Mejía)
20.09.22 Scientific presentations and discussion – according to the workshop schedule
21.09.22 Planning of further project activities for 2022 with the project partners
22.09.22 Mixed cropping systems and smallholder farming in the National Park A. v. Humboldt
23.09.22 Cacao production in mixed farming systems in the National Park A. v. Humboldt
24.09.22 Travel to Bayamo, 19.00 meeting with colleagues from the University of Bayamo
25.09.22 Lectures for Master students and staff members:
  1. Gene expressions and methods of measurement (Mareike Kavka)
  2. Planetary boundaries and biodiversity – an introduction (Bettina Eichler-Löbermann)
  3. Overview and practices of waste recycling (Gert Morscheck)
  Discussion with students in the Master Program: Sustainable management of natural resources (which was developed in a DAAD project from 2010 to 2013 with the Universities of Rostock, Bayamo (Cuba) and UNA (Nicaragua))
  Visit of the Vice Rector of the University of Granma – Carlos Justo Bruzón Viltres