Wider Caribbean Oil Spill Information System Workshop

This Workshop aims to discuss the development of an AmeriGEO oil spill information system for the Wider Caribbean.

In recent years, the Wider Caribbean region has faced challenges from oil spill incidents including a recent event where oil washed up on thousands of kilometers of Brazil’s coastline from an unknown source and multiple spills originating from Trinidad and Tobago. Illegal dumping of oil-contaminated waste by ships operating in the region is also a common occurrence.

Despite these known risks, the Wider Caribbean lacks an operational oil spill surveillance service. Oil spills, such as in the case of the 2019 Brazil incident, are often identified only after oil reaches environmentally sensitive coastal areas with surveillance requests being sent piecemeal to government agencies in the US and Europe.
To address this need, the below groups are proposing to develop a GIS-based oil spill information toolkit for the Wider Caribbean and develop regional capacity for operational satellite-based oil spill monitoring.

Time: 10am - 2pm EST

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