Volume 76
Nature-Based Solutions for adapting to climate change: practical actions of the Guadeloupe Port Authority
Authors
Frotté, L., J. Tocny, and S. Narayanan Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2023
Event: Proceedings of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Nassau
Country: The Bahamas
Abstract
Guadeloupe is a French outermost region in the Caribbean, is the largest island in the Lesser Antilles with a land area of 1,705 km2. The archipelago is made up of two main islands and several smaller ones, a reef-lagoon (865 km2), 200 km of linear reefs, and 102 km2 of seagrass meadows (Ifrecor 2021). These ecosystems are subject to numerous anthropogenic pressures in addition to those related to climate change, such as eutrophication of coastal waters, increased turbidity and hypersedimentation due to terrestrial erosion, and chemical pollution of water from agricultural and sewage sources. However, ecosystems health is key to limiting the physical impact of hurricane-generated swells, ensuring carbon storage for climate regulation and buffering ocean acidification.