IWEco Highlights e-bulletin, February 2022

Abstract

IWEco Project Monthly E-­Bulletin #11. This issue includes two reports resulting from research conducted by members of the GEF funded UNEP ­implemented IWEco Project through its Research Partnership which is coordinated by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). The Research Partnership, which convened its first meeting in November 2018, is meant to support applied research in priority areas identified by participating countries. Significantly, this regional research is also meant to support fulfillment of the objectives of the Cartagena Convention and its three Protocols (LBS, SPAW and Oil Spills). Contents: "The Economic Impacts of Sargassum Inundation in the Caribbean ­ Part 1: Insights from the Literature" Report published -- Sources of Microbial Contamination in the Watershed and Coastal Zone of Soufriere, St. Lucia ­ paper published -- IWEco.Cuba makes progress in four diverse watersheds -- Laboratory training for better environmental quality monitoring in IWEco countries begins -- Take the World Water Day 2022 Caribbean Groundwater Tik Tok Challenge!