In recent years, the Cienfuegos Botanical Garden and Harvard have collaborated on a series of exchanges in tropical biology and biodiversity. In November 1999, Cuban and Harvard scientist and specialists convened in Cienfuegos for a conference to discuss issues in tropical economic botany, environmental education, biodiversity, and endangered species. Several Cuban botanists have visited Harvard's Arboretum to advance their research on tropical specimens, such as orchids. In the upcoming two years, collaboration between both institutions will consist largely of visits to the garden by Harvard faculty and students.

Harvard faculty:

Otto Solbrig, Bussey Professor of Biology

Collaborating Institutions:

Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos.

Visiting Scholars from Cuba & Topics Studied:

Ricardo Herrera: Botany

Heidi Torres García: Research in Orchidology

Marta Aleida Díaz: Research in Orchidology

Arabel Cuesta Molina: Research in Orchidology