Escenarios costeros en el Caribe (CCS): un análisis integrado de las conexiones tierra-costa para guiar el uso sustentable y la protección de los ecosistemas costeros

The project analyzes the connection between inland watersheds and coastal ecosystems in several Caribbean island nations. It utilizes hydrological modeling of 84 catchments to assess how land-cover, soil, and human activities—such as urban wastewater discharge in Puerto Rico and deforestation in the Dominican Republic—affect water quality and coastal resources.

• Human alterations to rivers, including the construction of dams, channeling, and sewage discharge, have led to increased sedimentation, nutrient export, and algal biomass, while decreasing overall water quality.
• In Puerto Rico, approximately 80% of the population resides in urban areas, and only about 50% of wastewater is treated, leading to river contamination from phosphate and nitrate in sewage effluents.
• The upper Haina River watershed in the Dominican Republic is affected by slash-and-burn agriculture, overgrazing, and deforestation, which results in high peak runoff that causes property destruction, infrastructure damage, flooding, and occasional loss of life.
• The Dominican Republic and Cuba are experiencing an expansion of water-intensive rice cultivation, creating conflicts in future water allocations due to competing demands and growing populations.

APA

Melesse, A., Webber, D., Vicioso, F., Nunez, F., Ortiz, J., McClain, M. E., & Fu, Z. J. (2024). Escenarios costeros en el Caribe (CCS): un análisis integrado de las conexiones tierra-costa para guiar el uso sustentable y la protección de los ecosistemas costeros. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/en/escenarios-costeros-en-el-caribe-ccs-un-analisis-integrado-de-las-conexiones-tierra-costa-para-guiar-el-uso-sustentable-y-la-proteccion-de-los-ecosistemas-costeros-crn-2061/

Chicago

Melesse, Assefa, Dale Webber, Felipe Vicioso, Francisco Nunez, Jorge Ortiz, Michael E. McClain, and Zhaohui Jennifer Fu. Escenarios costeros en el Caribe (CCS): un análisis integrado de las conexiones tierra-costa para guiar el uso sustentable y la protección de los ecosistemas costeros. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2024. https://iai.int/en/escenarios-costeros-en-el-caribe-ccs-un-analisis-integrado-de-las-conexiones-tierra-costa-para-guiar-el-uso-sustentable-y-la-proteccion-de-los-ecosistemas-costeros-crn-2061/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{melesse2024escenarios, author = {Melesse, Assefa and Webber, Dale and Vicioso, Felipe and Nunez, Francisco and Ortiz, Jorge and McClain, Michael E. and Fu, Zhaohui Jennifer}, title = {{Escenarios costeros en el Caribe (CCS): un análisis integrado de las conexiones tierra-costa para guiar el uso sustentable y la protección de los ecosistemas costeros}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://iai.int/en/escenarios-costeros-en-el-caribe-ccs-un-analisis-integrado-de-las-conexiones-tierra-costa-para-guiar-el-uso-sustentable-y-la-proteccion-de-los-ecosistemas-costeros-crn-2061/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }