he Department of the Environment (DOE), under the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Solid Waste Management, in collaboration with the National Sargassum Task Force, received several pieces of machinery on Friday, November 7, to strengthen Belize’s ability to monitor and respond to the influx of Sargassum along the coastline.
The donation was made through the regional initiative “SICA AZUL – an Intersectoral Management for the Protection of the Marine Environment,” which is being implemented by the Organization for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA) and the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD) under the Central American Integration System (SICA), with financial support from the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
