Sargassum Task Force Receives New Monitoring Tools Earlier this year, Belize experienced one if the largest Sargassum crisis in recent years. For months, tons of rotting sargassum lined Belize's shores across the country, forcing residents and businesses invest time and money to shovel it away. While the volume of sargassum washing ashore has decreased, the urgent need for a solution has not. Today marks a new chapter in Belize's planning and response to the sargassum after the Sargassum Task Fo

Belize has enhanced its capability to forecast and monitor sargassum coming to our shores. Belize’s National Sargassum Task Force recently received a donation from the Department of the Environment consisting of a drone, a laptop, and a Sargassum Forecasting Tool (SAMtool). This new equipment will strengthen the task force’s ability to monitor and manage sargassum by enhancing data analysis, forecasting, and science-based decision-making for more effective response efforts. Belize Department of

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