HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 7 (ACN) A Cuban representative took part on the Caribbean island of Grenada in the 2nd EU-Caribbean Conference on sargassum, where cooperation from science and services to manage its upwelling and protect ecosystems was proposed.
Adianez Taboada Zamora, Cuban deputy minister of science, technology and environment (Citma by its Spanish acronym), pointed out that at the meeting there was greater convergence on the urgency of agreeing on commitments regarding plastic waste management, and the elimination of past and current contamination.
Also a just transition for the most vulnerable groups that depend economically on activities related to elastic waste, she added, according to a report from her institution.
Taboada Zamora referred to the priority that his country gives to the attention to sargassum, which is included in Directive 1 for the. Disaster Risk Reduction Management of the Repu