The removal of Sargassum costs the Caribbean region yearly around 120 million US dollars, it is therefore not surprising that the region hosted several meetings dedicated to Sargassum in 2019. Fearless Fund attended these meetings to both stay current with the science and to start collaborations with local governments. The first international Sargassum conference and expo in Guadeloupe and the UNESCO IOCARIBE meeting in Aruba are two examples of where Fearless Fund was present in 2019.

Fearless Fund’s President Alyson Myers with the rest of the U.S. delegation at the 2019 UNESCO IOCARIBE meeting in Aruba (left) and discussing the Sargassum problem with Mexico’s head of the NAVY (right).