On July 7th they arrived at the offices of IMARPE Three autonomous underwater vehicles, also known as gliders. These vehicles will allow for automatic, near real-time monitoring of the project areas. Their main objective is Obtain oceanographic information on parameters such as temperature, salinity, oxygen, chlorophyll, and other sea parameters, up to 1,000 meters deep, and up to the oceanic zone of the Peruvian sea.
This information will contribute to the Determination of vulnerability scenarios and impacts of climate change on marine-coastal ecosystems and their fishery resources. This will have a positive impact on the overall challenge of the project, which is to increase the resilience of these ecosystems and coastal artisanal fishing communities.
The project “Adaptation to the impacts of Climate Change on the coastal marine ecosystem of Peru and its fisheries” was approved Adaptation Fund, providing the financing for its implementation through Profonanpe. The project's execution is the responsibility of Ministry of Production, in coordination with the Peruvian Marine Institute (IMARPE). This initiative includes technical activities at different levels, focusing its interventions on two pilot areas: Huacho (Punta Salinas – Végueta) and Máncora (Cabo Blanco), representative areas of the Peruvian upwelling ecosystem and the transition with the tropical ecosystem, respectively.
