Brief SynthesisDesembarco del Granma National Park (DGNP) is situated in the Southwestern tip of Cuba, and more specifically in the municipalities of Niquero and Pilon in Granma Province. The ship gave the province, the property and the national park its name. Building upon much earlier conservation efforts going back at least into the 1970s, DGNP was granted the status of National Park in 1986 by Ministerial Resolution. It became the first national park in Cuba's conservation history. Since the establishment of the national park management is based on periodic five-year plans, which are implemented through annual operating plans.