{"id":2639,"date":"2021-12-01T01:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svk.dlr.mybluehost.me\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2023-09-25T02:00:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T02:00:21","slug":"el-sargazo-y-el-caribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservationopportunity.org\/en\/el-sargazo-y-el-caribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sargasso and Caribbean efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the growing controversy over sargassum (<\/span>Sargassum<\/span><\/i>) in Puerto Rico, they began to look for different alternatives to combat it and in the process, the non-profit organization of the Dominican Republic (DR) became known, <\/span>SOS Carbon<\/span><\/a>, who is responsible for its sustainable disposal in his country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by SOS Carbon, Dominican Republic<\/p><\/div>\n

SOS Carbon explains that after the growing controversy on their shores, they began to consider different techniques that could\u00a0<\/span>help. The mechanical engineer and founder of the entity, Andr\u00e9s Vison\u00f3, together with his team, devised a sustainable method that has been efficient for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The method consists of installing a hardware, designed by them at <\/span>artisanal boats, also known as yolas in the DR, to collect sargassum that comes close to shore in a sustainable and cost-efficient manner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis collection has not only proven to be the most efficient, not only because of the yachts, but also because of the highly skilled labor force in the navigation of the area, but it is also a labor force in need, since it is informal. This is where our desire for social impact through community integration comes in,\u201d Vison\u00f3 said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by SOS Carbon, Dominican Republic<\/p><\/div>\n

This collected sargassum can be used for other value chains, as a raw material for the production of food products.<\/span>SOS Carbon has several pilot projects with other entities to take advantage of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SOS Carbon's goal is to be able to continue to generate programs for\u00a0<\/span> create sustainable sargassum products that cover the cost of harvesting, thereby creating a sustainable sales chain, as suggested by the Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> of the United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo by SOS Carbon, Dominican Republic<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe, in addition to our efforts, try to create alliances and collaborations because we believe that teamwork can magnify and extend the impact we want to generate. An overnight change of man is not going to change what we experience, so we must create systems that allow us to deal with it in the most cost-efficient way and even be able to take advantage of it,\u201d Vison\u00f3 explains.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Puerto Rican sargassum invasion\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The sargassum controversy on the island takes a turn of greater current \u201cconcern\u201d, since no movement is seen to attack the problem. The problem has even affected the <\/span>electrical energy<\/span><\/a> at some point, leaving 140,000 people without power.<\/span><\/p>\n

And according to the government's \u201cefforts,\u201d they submitted to the House of Representatives the <\/span>Resolution 0229<\/span><\/a> which states to request that the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources add to its work plan \u201csolving\u201d this problem after requesting funds and creating a plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, the non-profit entity, <\/span>Tortugueros del Sur<\/span><\/a>, He indicated that this situation also affects the nesting process of sea turtles living on the coasts of Puerto Rico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Expectations of combat over controversy\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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Photo by SOS Carbon, Dominican Republic<\/p><\/div>\n

Among some efforts to get rid of the matter, SOS Carbon explains that the use of <\/span> Heavy machinery at sea worsens the situation, eroding the area, and for this reason the methods used should be evaluated, which they indicate that the most favorable is that of the yachts.<\/p>\n

Similarly, using sargassum as a raw material or fertilizer requires that the seaweed be dried and treated to remove the heavy metals and toxic components it contains. If not removed, these can be passed on to the plants or raw material, unfit for consumption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sargassum contains sulfur, nitrogen and heavy metals, but the most harmful is arsenic, which is a chemical present in large quantities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conservation Opportunity (CO) is in the process of formalizing an alliance with SOS Carbon, in order to work together against this problem and the rest of the environmental efforts in the Caribbean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CO is also in the process of formulating and formalizing a project for sustainable sargassum collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that we can get permission from the DNER before the 2022 sargassum season and begin a Sargassum Management Project on the island. Ideally, by identifying entities interested in using the sargassum, as an organization we would be mobilizing volunteer efforts around the island to collect it and transport it to where it will be used,\u201d said Fabiola Torres, founder of Conservation Opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPrimarily, we would collect sargassum deposited on priority beaches such as sea turtle nesting areas. In addition, we want to learn more about the use of sargassum to eventually provide workshops on how to properly process the sargassum depending on its intended use,\u201d Torres added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tras la pol\u00e9mica creciente del sargazo (Sargassum) en Puerto Rico, se comenz\u00f3 a buscar diferentes alternativas para combatir el mismo y en el proceso, se dio a conocer la entidad sin fines de lucro de Republica Dominicana (RD), SOS Carbon, quien se encarga de disponer de ello de forma sostenible en su pa\u00eds.\u00a0 SOS Carbon explica que tras la pol\u00e9mica ir incrementando en sus costas, comenzaron a considerar diferentes t\u00e9cnicas que pudiesen\u00a0ayudar. El ingeniero mec\u00e1nico y fundador de la entidad, Andr\u00e9s Vison\u00f3, junto a su equipo de trabajo ingeniaron un m\u00e9todo sostenible que ha sido eficiente para ellos.\u00a0 El m\u00e9todo consiste en instalar un hardware, dise\u00f1ado por ellos en embarcaciones artesanales, tambi\u00e9n conocidas como yolas en RD, para recoger el sargazo que se acerque a la costa de manera sostenible y costo eficiente.\u00a0 \u201cEsta recolecci\u00f3n no solo ha probado ser la m\u00e1s eficiente, no solo por las yolas, si no la mano de obra sumamente capacitada en la navegaci\u00f3n de la zona, pero tambi\u00e9n es una mano de obra en necesidad, ya que es informal. Aqu\u00ed es donde entra nuestro deseo por el impacto social a trav\u00e9s de la integraci\u00f3n de la comunidad\u201d, dijo Vison\u00f3. Este sargazo recolectado, puede ser utilizado para otras cadenas de valor, como materia prima, del cual SOS Carbon tiene varios proyectos piloto con otras entidades para aprovechar el mismo.\u00a0 La meta de SOS Carbon con esto es poder seguir generando programas para\u00a0 crear productos con sargazo sostenible, que cubra el costo de la recolecci\u00f3n, de tal forma creando una cadena de venta sostenible, como sugieren los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Organizaci\u00f3n de las Naciones Unidas. \u201cNosotros, adem\u00e1s de nuestros esfuerzos, tratamos crear alianzas y colaboraciones porque apostamos que un trabajo en equipo puede magnificar y extender el impacto que deseamos generar. Un cambio del hombre de la noche a la ma\u00f1ana no va a cambiar lo que experimentamos, entonces, m\u00e1s bien debemos crear sistemas que nos permitan hacerle frente de la manera m\u00e1s costo eficiente y hasta poder sacarle alg\u00fan tipo de provecho\u201d, explica Vison\u00f3. La invasi\u00f3n del sargazo puertorrique\u00f1o\u00a0 La pol\u00e9mica del sargazo en la isla toma un giro de mayor \u201cpreocupaci\u00f3n\u201d actual, ya que no se ve alg\u00fan tipo de movimiento para atacar el problema. Dicho problema lleg\u00f3 a afectar la energ\u00eda el\u00e9ctrica en alg\u00fan momento, dejando a 140,000 personas sin luz. Y seg\u00fan los \u201cesfuerzos\u201d del gobierno, sometieron a la C\u00e1mara de Representantes la Resoluci\u00f3n 0229 que indica pedir que el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales a\u00f1ada a su plan laboral \u201cresolver\u201d este problema tras pedir fondos y crear un plan.\u00a0 En adici\u00f3n, la entidad sin fines de lucro, Tortugueros del Sur, indic\u00f3 que esta situaci\u00f3n afecta tambi\u00e9n el proceso de anidaci\u00f3n de las tortugas marinas que viven en las costas de Puerto Rico.\u00a0 Expectativas de combate sobre la pol\u00e9mica\u00a0 Entre algunos esfuerzos para deshacerse de la materia, SOS Carbon explica que el uso de maquinarias\u00a0pesadas en el mar empeora la situaci\u00f3n, erosionando el \u00e1rea y por eso debe evaluar los m\u00e9todos que se utilizan, cual ellos indican que el mas favorable es el de las yolas. 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