Seep Land Stabilization Bio-Engineering

This project demonstrates and validates emerging strategies for steep land stabilization applying bio-engineering practices in a holistic conservation system. Due the extreme climate changes and more powerful natural phenomes every year the agriculture and natural resources are exposed to more aggressive environmental challenges. Puerto Rico geography is mostly composed of steep land. That represents around 75% of total island area. Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 and triggered more than 40,000 landslides in at least three fourth of Puerto Rico 78 municipalities. The number of landslides that occur during this event was two orders of magnitude greater than those reported from previous hurricanes.