{"id":24862,"date":"2022-01-07T12:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/?p=24862"},"modified":"2022-01-24T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T21:30:37","slug":"caribbean-drought-learning-network-established-for-puerto-rico-and-the-us-virgin-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/caribbean-drought-learning-network-established-for-puerto-rico-and-the-us-virgin-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Drought Learning Network Established for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-7iqy0se-6895deacfbd65952d8a14b6d7673e240 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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Established for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands<\/h2><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>The newly established Network was promoted in local news on November 27, 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-2'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-oqikou-a77e98882fcc2deb061ea0ca4cfbf010 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_section  grid-row-not-first  container_wrap fullsize'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-67lamgu-29be9fe9dec6f963113cb63fdc4ad4de\">\n.flex_cell.av-67lamgu-29be9fe9dec6f963113cb63fdc4ad4de{\nvertical-align:top;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_cell.av-67lamgu-29be9fe9dec6f963113cb63fdc4ad4de{\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elnuevodia.com\/ciencia-ambiente\/cambio-climatico\/notas\/entidades-crean-la-red-de-aprendizaje-sobre-la-sequia-en-el-caribe\/\">article<\/a> highlighting the newly established Caribbean Drought Learning Network. Read the English translation of the article below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entities Create Caribbean Drought Learning Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By: Gerardo E. Alvarado Le\u00f3n<\/p>\n<p>Published on Saturday, November 27, 2021 (pp 44)<\/p>\n<p>Climate service providers, researchers and resource managers created the Caribbean Drought Learning Network, a peer-to-peer network aimed to share knowledge and strengthen collaboration and communication in the study and management of drought in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Caribbean Climate Hub, whose director, William Gould, said that although there are already several groups working on drought issues in the region, &#8220;there is no general framework to facilitate exchange among them, and that is the purpose of the network.<\/p>\n<p>The Scientific Committee on Drought (which advises the Executive Branch of Puerto Rico) and the USDA&#8217;s own Caribbean Climate Hub are two of those groups &#8220;among which there is a disconnect,&#8221; even though they have members in common, Gould admitted.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The other issue that motivated us was the drought in the southwestern United States, which has been going on for several years and the Southwest Climate Hub started a learning network in the region. We saw our situation and thought it would be good to have that general framework here,&#8221; the ecologist added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gould explained that the role of the USDA Caribbean Climate Hub is not to direct the work of the Network, but to &#8220;help with structure, facilitate communication and provide meeting space&#8221; for members to achieve one main objective: <\/span><b>to produce and share information on lessons learned and needs in drought preparedness, response and recovery in farms, forests and rural communities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the long term, the goal is to reduce the vulnerability and costs of drought, while improving resistance and resilience in farming and forestry operations, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva Holupchinski, coordinator of the Caribbean Climate Hub, said that prior to the creation of the Network, they circulated a survey among potential members and &#8220;there was a consensus that it would bring value and facilitate communication among entities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;From there, we decided to launch the network, and the idea is that we will have regular meetings to continue to map out and achieve objectives. The first meeting of the Network was in October and several working groups were created,&#8221; added Holupchinski, who is an environmental scientist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In total, four groups or teams were created: 1) Drought impact reporting and citizen science, which identified as a goal to increase drought impact reporting; 2) Drought prediction, monitoring and research, which identified as goals to facilitate communication, enable spaces to share new science, and explore the possibility of creating early warning systems; 3) Drought communication and outreach, which identified as goals to improve methods to bring drought information to users (especially farmers), increase awareness of water conservation practices and agricultural and livestock assistance, and expand coordination among existing platforms; and 4) Drought resilience in agriculture and forestry, which identified as goals to establish an inventory of available water resources and improve notifications to government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Primary goals or interests were set, and they may morph over time. There will be leaders in each group that will help coordinate and we will have regular meetings to update the goals and the activities that are being done. From those meetings, we plan to come up with specific dates to achieve the goals,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gould and Holupchinski agreed that, in the face of forecasts of a hotter and drier Caribbean due to climate change, the work of the Network takes on greater relevance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1jbyhtq-2f1ae394cf9ee2a142c50e9ad3d88941\">\n.flex_column.av-1jbyhtq-2f1ae394cf9ee2a142c50e9ad3d88941{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-1jbyhtq-2f1ae394cf9ee2a142c50e9ad3d88941 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ky1p5nxv-f39e1200228f2f307fa0b0cd82fa66ea'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elnuevodia.com\/ciencia-ambiente\/cambio-climatico\/notas\/entidades-crean-la-red-de-aprendizaje-sobre-la-sequia-en-el-caribe\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/El_Nuevo_Da2021-11-27_page8.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"width:600px;height:800px;\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"800\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Entidades de pares crean la red de aprendizaje sobre la seu\u00eda<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">PDF of the original article in El Nuevo D\u00eda (Spanish) Download here: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/El_Nuevo_Da2021-11-27_page8.pdf\">Entidades de pares crean la red de aprendizaje sobre la sequ\u00eda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/El_Nuevo_Da2021-11-27_page8.pdf\">(451 KB)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ky1p4exe-96869d18bf1532d20b54213b009e20d4\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ky1p4exe-96869d18bf1532d20b54213b009e20d4 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ky1p4exe-96869d18bf1532d20b54213b009e20d4 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ky1p4exe-96869d18bf1532d20b54213b009e20d4 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-18018 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-18018 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Drought768x430-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='Drought Monitor'  height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ky1p3wz7-66c28a33ccaae2f438ab209c59651d3d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photo: Agricultural area affected by drought in Lajas, Puerto Rico, photo by Samuel R\u00edos of NRCS.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='hr av-16weye6-0f1f051c88f33ae1da3ce9213b0ceb86 hr-default  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kwv8mgwo-8c6ed5065953882be5956516d70ccb17'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on drought, check out these resources:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Webpage: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/projects\/caribbean-drought-learning-network\/\">Caribbean Drought Learning Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Fact sheet: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/USDA-CCH_DroughtEffectsonForestsandRangelandsintheUSCaribbeanJun2016.pdf\">Drought Effects on Forests and Rangelands in the US-Caribbean<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Fact sheet: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/USDA-USDM-DroughtMonitor.pdf\">What is the U.S. Drought Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zs148VNxCpw\">Permaculture, Soil &#038; Water Conservation for Climate Change Adaptation<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8VAPUDRdsJQ\">Droughts and Hurricanes in the U.S. Caribbean<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Webpage for drought reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/ff127a29aa23413c9cd2d9e8176c4669?\">Drought Condition Monitoring Observations and Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">USGS and Climate Hub Drought in the U.S. Caribbean Factsheet Series\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/USDA-CCH_USGS_DroughtImpactsonCoastalEstuaryEcosystems_2019.pdf\">Drought Impacts on Coastal Estuary Ecosystems<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/USDA-CCH_USGS_DroughtImpactsonCrops_2019.pdf\">Drought Impacts on Crops<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/USDA-CCH_USGS_DroughtImpactsonLivestock_2019.pdf\">Drought Impacts on Livestock<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/USDA-CCH_USGS_DroughtImpactsonFreshwaterEcosystems_2019.pdf\">Drought Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/USDA-CCH_USGS_DroughtImpactsonTropicalForestEcosystems_2019.pdf\">Drought Impacts on Tropical Forest Ecosystems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Fact sheet: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/USDA-CCH_DisasterAssistanceforFarmer_FactsheetOct2017-1.pdf\">Disaster assistance for farmers<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Infographic: <a 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