Hi Vanese, thank you for your interest in our Cuban stopover. We didn't use a specific methodology to assess awareness of micro-plastic pollution issues in Cuba, but during the workshop 'Plastic Waste to Energy' our Race for Water team was surprised that some cuban participants of the workshop was not aware about the micro-plastic pollution. However, Lic. Arianna Garcia Chamero of the CEAC (Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos) presented some first results on micro-plastic pollution in the cuban marine ecosystems which are not already published yet. It seems that there was small interest for this issue in Cuba for now but our Race for Water Odyssey stopover there have clearly lead to raise awareness on this issue. Besides Lic Arianna and other cuban scientists have exchanged on this plastic pollution topic with Hans Peter and his NGI team during the Weather-Mic sampling campaign. Their further results will contribute to our understanding of this plastic pollution in Cuba.
Published by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor
Hi Vanese, thank you for your interest in our Cuban stopover. We didn't use a specific methodology to assess awareness of micro-plastic pollution issues in Cuba, but during the workshop 'Plastic Waste to Energy' our Race for Water team was surprised that some cuban participants of the workshop was not aware about the micro-plastic pollution. However, Lic. Arianna Garcia Chamero of the CEAC (Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos) presented some first results on micro-plastic pollution in the cuban marine ecosystems which are not already published yet. It seems that there was small interest for this issue in Cuba for now but our Race for Water Odyssey stopover there have clearly lead to raise awareness on this issue. Besides Lic Arianna and other cuban scientists have exchanged on this plastic pollution topic with Hans Peter and his NGI team during the Weather-Mic sampling campaign. Their further results will contribute to our understanding of this plastic pollution in Cuba.