Caribbean News
UK Gov’t calls for proposals to handle sargassum in Caribbean
Rashaed Esson
Staff Writer
#UnitedKingdom, September 24, 2023 – The Government of The United Kingdom in recognizing the need for solutions to sargassum in the Caribbean is upping efforts by providing funding in order to attract research proposals on the invasive weed
Sargassum has been, for years now, plaguing regional counties like Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and the Dominican Republic, taking over their shores and affecting the quality of their beaches.
Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the UK Government, responding to requests from Caribbean leaders last week, invited partners to submit proposals for up to £300,000 (USD$374,000) before October 10.
According to reports, the research should advance commercial, scalable, safe solutions to process, sink or store the sargassum.
Amid this development, the Prime Minister expressed an understanding that “finding solutions to sargassum influxes could be vital to the Caribbean’s sustainable development and climate resilience.”