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Addressing Sargassum Influxes in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Collage of photos from the Turks & Caicos Sargassum workshop

Addressing Sargassum Influxes in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Recently a Blue Belt Programme team travelled to the Turks & Caicos Islands to support the facilitation of a workshop on Sargassum influxes. What is a Sargassum influx? Sargassum is a brown seaweed of the order of Fucales. Sargassum is …

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Get to know the UK Overseas Territories within the Blue Belt Programme

Joe Wells, 21 October 2022 - Blue Belt Programme, UK Overseas Territories

From the vast penguin colonies of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands to the coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands, the UK Overseas Territories in total contain around 90% of the UK’s recorded biodiversity. Find out more about some of these incredible Territories and their role in protecting huge areas of ocean.