Cayo Jutías, Cuba, is a tiny mangrove-covered key. The cayo’s serenity is thanks to the lack of any permanent accommodations. Captions: Lonely Planet. Photo source: ©© Potomo
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While coral reef cover has declined by 50 percent throughout the Caribbean in recent decades, Cuba has managed to retain some of the most pristine and biodiverse coral reef environments on earth.
A lack of coastal development, limited tourism, relatively small amounts of runoff flowing into the sea, tight controls on commercial fishing, and the establishment of extensive marine protected areas have all combined to give Cuba the most remarkable coral reef environments in the Caribbean…
