Applying hazard risk assessment and spatial planning tools to sargassum inundations in the Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States as a basis for improving response

Abstract

This technical report is an output of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) project 'Adapting to a new reality: managing responses to influxes of sargassum seaweed in the Eastern Caribbean' (SargAdapt), cofinanced by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety through KfW. This technical report is intended to act as a valuable resource for the wider sargassum stakeholder community as well as to inform other aspects of the SargAdapt project including assessment of the vulnerability of ecosystems and coastal communities to sargassum impacts.