DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Dominican proposals for use of sargassum were included in the beneficiaries of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) funding through the IDB lab. The selected proposals come from Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, announced the results of their Sargassum Innovation Quest: Building Resilient Coastal Ecosystems. The initiative was launched to identify and support solutions that leverage advanced technologies and innovative practices to harness the potential of sargassum biomass and enhance the resilience of coastal communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The effort, developed in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is a response to the challenges faced by the region due to the increasing influx of...