{"id":30327,"date":"2023-06-06T01:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T06:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbf-trubudget.com\/?p=30327"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:15:39","slug":"adapting-to-a-new-reality-managing-responses-to-influxes-of-sargassum-seaweed-in-the-eastern-caribbean-as-ecosystem-hazards-and-opportunities-sargadapt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/adapting-to-a-new-reality-managing-responses-to-influxes-of-sargassum-seaweed-in-the-eastern-caribbean-as-ecosystem-hazards-and-opportunities-sargadapt\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptaci\u00f3n a una nueva realidad: Gesti\u00f3n de las respuestas a los influjos de sargazo en el Caribe Oriental como riesgos y oportunidades para los ecosistemas (SargAdapt)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Since 2011 pelagic sargassum seaweed, endemic to the North Atlantic, has been accumulating in the equatorial Atlantic, and huge volumes are periodically transported by ocean currents to the Caribbean. Linked to ocean eutrophication and climate change, this unpredictable influx of sargassum is having devastating impacts on Caribbean coastal socio-ecological systems.nnEastern Caribbean islands typically receive upwards of 100 metric tonnes of sargassum per kilometer of beach per day during influx events. The amount of sargassum quickly becomes so overwhelming that it piles up along shorelines and\/or becomes trapped in the water where it sinks and decomposes, resulting in high mortality of fishes, corals, seagrasses and many other species of the biodiverse communities of critical coastal ecosystems; and thus negatively impacts the ability of these natural marine communities to provide critical ecosystem services. These influxes also negatively impact the health and livelihoods of communities living in coastal areas and vital income-earning sectors of national economies. Furthermore, current removal mechanisms are frequently responsible for further damage to beaches and vulnerable coastal vegetation, and the continued cost of removal is unsustainable. The national and regional responses remain inadequate and ad hoc. There is therefore the need for increasing the capacity to cope and adapt at the local level and to facilitate support for action at the highest level.nnThe \u201cAdapting to a new reality: Managing responses to influxes of sargassum seaweed in the Eastern Caribbean as ecosystem hazards and opportunities project\u201d (SargAdapt) implemented by CERMES seeks to contribute to a better and more accessible knowledge-base, more informed and networked communities, and support for entrepreneurial activities to develop beneficial uses of sargassum. The project targets 10 coastal communities in 5 Eastern Caribbean Island States including Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.nnSargAdapt aims to reduce impacts of, and improve adaptation to, sargassum influxes in the Eastern Caribbean with emphasis on converting a climate-linked ecosystem hazard into an asset that supports opportunities for socio-economic development. This will include demonstration projects on mitigating sargassum threats and exploring sargassum uses for livelihood diversification and resilience in five communities across the five project countries. Further, SargAdapt will contribute to a better and more accessible knowledge-base, better-informed and networked communities, via gap-focussed primary research and improved ICT-based forecasting. The resulting cost-effective sustainable management of sargassum will reduce the current damage to coastal ecosystems and the services they provide, i.e. sandy beaches, coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves. This, in turn, will protect coastlines, coastal infrastructure critical to national economies, and coastal communities from climate impacts, such as sea level rise and storm surge and thus result in increased resilience of Eastern Caribbean societies to climate change.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:15297,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Proxima Nova&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Desde 2011, el sargazo pel\u00e1gico, end\u00e9mico del Atl\u00e1ntico Norte, se ha ido acumulando en el Atl\u00e1ntico ecuatorial, y las corrientes oce\u00e1nicas transportan peri\u00f3dicamente grandes cantidades hacia el Caribe. Vinculado a la eutrofizaci\u00f3n oce\u00e1nica y al cambio clim\u00e1tico, este flujo impredecible de sargazo est\u00e1 teniendo efectos devastadores en los sistemas socioecol\u00f3gicos costeros del Caribe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Las islas del Caribe Oriental suelen recibir m\u00e1s de 100 toneladas m\u00e9tricas de sargazo por kil\u00f3metro de playa al d\u00eda durante los episodios de afluencia. La cantidad de sargazo se vuelve r\u00e1pidamente tan abrumadora que se acumula a lo largo de las costas o queda atrapada en el agua, donde se hunde y se descompone, lo que provoca una alta mortalidad de peces, corales, pastos marinos y muchas otras especies de las comunidades biodiversas de ecosistemas costeros cr\u00edticos; y, por lo tanto, afecta negativamente la capacidad de estas comunidades marinas naturales para proporcionar servicios ecosist\u00e9micos esenciales. Estas afluencias tambi\u00e9n afectan negativamente la salud y los medios de vida de las comunidades que viven en zonas costeras y sectores vitales para la generaci\u00f3n de ingresos de las econom\u00edas nacionales. Adem\u00e1s, los mecanismos actuales de eliminaci\u00f3n suelen ser responsables de mayores da\u00f1os a las playas y a la vegetaci\u00f3n costera vulnerable, y el costo continuo de la eliminaci\u00f3n es insostenible. Las respuestas nacionales y regionales siguen siendo inadecuadas y puntuales. Por lo tanto, es necesario aumentar la capacidad de respuesta y adaptaci\u00f3n a nivel local y facilitar el apoyo para la acci\u00f3n al m\u00e1s alto nivel.<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto \u201cAdaptaci\u00f3n a una nueva realidad: Gesti\u00f3n de las respuestas a la afluencia de sargazo en el Caribe Oriental como amenazas y oportunidades ecosist\u00e9micas\u201d (SargAdapt), implementado por CERMES, busca contribuir a una base de conocimientos mejor y m\u00e1s accesible, comunidades m\u00e1s informadas e interconectadas, y apoyar actividades empresariales para desarrollar usos beneficiosos del sargazo. El proyecto se dirige a 10 comunidades costeras en 5 Estados insulares del Caribe Oriental, entre ellos Barbados, Dominica, Granada, Santa Luc\u00eda y San Vicente y las Granadinas.<\/p>\n<p>SargAdapt busca reducir los impactos y mejorar la adaptaci\u00f3n a las afluencias de sargazo en el Caribe Oriental, con \u00e9nfasis en convertir un peligro ecosist\u00e9mico vinculado al clima en un activo que genere oportunidades de desarrollo socioecon\u00f3mico. Esto incluir\u00e1 proyectos de demostraci\u00f3n para mitigar las amenazas del sargazo y explorar sus usos para la diversificaci\u00f3n de los medios de vida y la resiliencia en cinco comunidades de los cinco pa\u00edses del proyecto. Adem\u00e1s, SargAdapt contribuir\u00e1 a una base de conocimiento mejor y m\u00e1s accesible, as\u00ed como a comunidades mejor informadas e interconectadas, mediante investigaci\u00f3n primaria centrada en las brechas y una mejor predicci\u00f3n basada en las TIC. La gesti\u00f3n sostenible y rentable resultante del sargazo reducir\u00e1 el da\u00f1o actual a los ecosistemas costeros y a los servicios que estos brindan, como playas de arena, arrecifes de coral, praderas marinas y manglares. Esto, a su vez, proteger\u00e1 las costas, la infraestructura costera cr\u00edtica para las econom\u00edas nacionales y las comunidades costeras de los impactos clim\u00e1ticos, como el aumento del nivel del mar y las marejadas cicl\u00f3nicas, lo que se traducir\u00e1 en una mayor resiliencia de las sociedades del Caribe Oriental al cambio clim\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mejorar la gesti\u00f3n y\/o rehabilitar los ecosistemas para fortalecer la resiliencia y reducir los riesgos clim\u00e1ticos para las personas en los Peque\u00f1os Estados Insulares en Desarrollo (PEID) del Caribe, contribuyendo al mismo tiempo a la protecci\u00f3n de la biodiversidad y la mitigaci\u00f3n del cambio clim\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Desarrollar respuestas de gesti\u00f3n apropiadas a las afluencias de Sargassum para reducir el da\u00f1o a los ecosistemas costeros y marinos y a los medios de vida humanos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mejorar la capacidad de las partes interesadas para hacer frente a las afluencias de sargazo, gestionarlo de forma sostenible y adaptarse a ellas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reforzar la capacidad de los actores marinos y costeros para la planificaci\u00f3n adaptativa, la gesti\u00f3n y la resiliencia de los medios de vida.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2011 pelagic sargassum seaweed, endemic to the North Atlantic, has been accumulating in the equatorial Atlantic, and huge volumes are periodically transported by ocean currents to the Caribbean. 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