Mona Geoinformatics Institute (MGI) presented its Sargassum Advisory System at this year’s third staging of the UWI Sargassum Symposium which took place at the UWI Cave Hill campus, Barbados. MGI showcased its new & innovative sargassum prediction system to assist in sargassum management for Jamaica, at the UWI Sargassum Symposium in Barbados. The presentation highlighted …Read more  »

MGI’s Dr Ava Maxam presented on challenges and successes of building a STEM career at the International Women’s Day Conference hosted by the Bureau of Gender Affairs March 8th, 2023, at Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston. MGI Director Dr Ava Maxam speaking-on solutions to STEM issues at International Women’s Day Conference 2023 Under the theme “DigitAll: …Read more  »

The Mona Geoinformatics Institute (MGI) MGI continues transformational work under SARTRAC by participating in the SargSnap! initiative to conduct Sargassum monitoring in Ghana. MGI’s Act. Director Dr. Ava Maxam with Prof Kwasi Appeaning Addo of the University of Ghana, both part of the SargSnap! team in Ghana, documenting impacts of sargassum on local residents in …Read more  »

Mona Geoinformatics Institute (MGI) solidified its partnership with SOS Carbon of the Dominican Republic by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding at the MGI office in Kingston during Dominican Republic Week in Jamaica. -MGI signs MoU with SOS Carbon for exchange of technologies and strategies tackling sargassum invasion affecting hotel and coastal industries in Jamaica …Read more  »

The Mona Geoinformatics Institute (MGI) travelled to Ghana, western Africa, January 2023, to conduct social surveys with local school children and teachers under a new project, spawned from the SARTRAC legacy, entitled SargSnap! – a citizen science initiative using photography to monitor sargassum. MGI Team & SargSNAP! In Ghana During this exercise, MGI teamed up …Read more  »

The Mona Geoinformatics Institute (MGI) travelled to Ghana, western Africa, January 2023, to participate in field activities under a new project, spawned from the SARTRAC legacy, entitled SargSnap! – a citizen science initiative using photography to monitor sargassum.   MGI’s Act. Executive Director, Dr. Ava Maxam, part of the SargSnap! team in Ghana showcasing innovative …Read more  »

The Mona GeoInformatics Institute team presented at the 7th International Marine Debris Conference hosted in South Korea, highlighting deteriorating health of mangroves in relation to solid waste debris. MGI’s presentation by Ms Ajani Bissick explained our methodology, as part of the KHEAM Project, of Monitoring the Effects of Plastic Marine Debris on the Growth and …Read more  »

On the 18th September 2017, Dominica was struck by category 5 Hurricane Maria. Lives were lost, families traumatised, homes and livelihoods were damaged. The team presented at a post-research symposium held in the United Kingdom showcasing MGI’s involvement in mapping hurricane recoveries, resilience and repair in a four-year post hurricane environment. For more information about …Read more  »

MGI leads a site visit with the JPS Foundation, introducing them to KHEAM and the fight to save the essential Kingston and Port Royal Mangrove ecosystems. Key objectives of the Kingston Harbour Ecosystems Adaptation Measures (KHEAM) Project are to restore and rehabilitate mangrove ecosystems within the Kingston Harbour through reducing solid waste accumulation on our …Read more  »

What is ‘“Monitoring a large Sargassum bloom subject to a major volcanic eruption”, (MONISARG)? The Mona Geoinformatics Institute (MGI) has partnered with the University of Southampton (UoS) and The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) on an environmental project, MONISARG, which aims at understanding variations in Sargassum inundation within the Caribbean region following …Read more  »