Tomorrow, the last members of a team of Cuban experts who have been researching Belize's southern coastal erosion will return to the island nation with the information they gathered. They've been here since August and have focused on the areas of Monkey River and Dangriga - which have seen massive erosion of the land over the years. The team also visited Barranco and PG. In these villages and towns, residents are concerned because the land is washing away before their eyes, taking their houses with it. They reported seeing the beaches shrink overtime and are now hoping for a solution. While there is no quick fix, we spoke with two of the Cuban team members via Zoom to get their preliminary findings. Dr. Jose Luis Juanes Marti from the Institute of Marine Sciences spoke of small solutions the residents can take to slow the pace of the erosion.
Miguel Izquierdo Alvarez from Inversiones Gamma S.A. Company told us more about the situation in the southern part of the country.
This project, dubbed "Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Dangriga and Hopkins" is in collaboration with the National Climate Change Office along with the 5 C's, LIC and TIDE. It is being funded under the Fourth National Communication and First Biennial Update Report and the EnGenDER with the Government of Belize.
