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PREVENTION IS BETTER

 

 

 

 

One way of ensuring that stinking beaches of decaying sargassum do not destroy your pristine white shores, is to create an action fund, perhaps with mild taxes, or another form of voluntary contribution system, of sufficient magnitude to deal with the present crisis, and to ward off (as far as is possible) future states of emergency - by way of a psuedo insurance policy. Where prevention is better than cure..

 

Otherwise the escalating cost of cleaning beaches from increasing quantities of sargassum blooms, may destroy any eco tourism that benefits the nations bordering the Gulf of Mexico, and Islands in the Caribbean Sea. Turning the former holiday seafront Riviera destinations into loss making septic locations to be avoided by tourists.

 

The suggestion is to form a Community Interest Company, by way of a Sargassum Cooperative, where members give contribute to and give undertakings to work together towards developing sustainable solutions to deal with seaweeds in the most affordable manner, as benefits the environment, economy and tourism - in the long term.

 

 

 

 

 


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SARGASSUM COOPERATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: The "Sargassum Cooperative CIC" is a proposed consortium of affected Governments, the aim of such group being to develop a cost-effective system for the sustainable, proactive removal and long-term management of pelagic Sargassum seaweed in the Mexican Gulf and Caribbean Sea - and specifically, for sharing the development and operational costs of specialized harvesting and handling equipment. Thus meeting the economic and environmental needs of these geographical regions, in relation to the present crisis, and future emergency situations.

 

The "Cooperative" would first assess the potential for cost saving by adding up the beneficiaries and dividing the "System CAPEX" by the number of islands and commercial beachfront properties, then dividing the estimated CAPEX by the number of participants, on a sliding scale, based on population and/or tourist statistics. This will give those looking at ways of containing overheads, a way to asses the benefits/negatives of group membership - and importantly, negotiate equitable terms.

 

 

ONGOING COSTS EXAMPLE: After the 2018 sargassum surge, occupancy rates at Riviera Maya hotels declined by 2.87 percent. That same year, hotels between Cancún and Puerto Morelos to the south spent around $200,000 (£146,000) 'each' on wages for beach clean-up personnel and transporting seaweed to ecologically unsound disposal sites. Many hotels used specialized removal boats, which can cost up to a million dollars (U.S.), and for offshore sargassum barriers that run $100 (£70) per linear foot.

 

 

In the first instance, please contact the Cleaner Ocean Foundation with your interest.

 


Read more on this subject via the UN Watchdogs:

 
CARTEGENA CONVENTION

FUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIC ACTION

REGIONAL SEAS PROGRAMME

SARGASSUM WHITE PAPER - TURNING A CRISIS INTO AN OPPORTUNITY

 

 

   

 

 

 


THAN CURE

 

 

 

 

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