Journal article
Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration
Journal of Phycology, Vol.58(2), pp.198-207
04/2022
PMID: 35092031
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Abstract
The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration is a response to the urgent need to substantially accelerate and upscale ecological restoration to secure Earth's sustainable future. Globally, restoration commitments have focused overwhelmingly on terrestrial forests. In contrast, despite a strong value proposition, efforts to restore seaweed forests lag far behind other major ecosystems and continue to be dominated by small-scale, short-term academic experiments. However, seaweed forest restoration can match the scale of damage and threat if moved from academia into the hands of community groups, industry, and restoration practitioners. Connecting two rapidly growing sectors in the Blue Economy-seaweed cultivation and the restoration industry-can transform marine forest restoration into a commercial-scale enterprise that can make a significant contribution to global restoration efforts.
Details
- Title
- Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration
- Creators
- Karen Filbee-Dexter - University of Western AustraliaThomas Wernberg - University of Western AustraliaRodolfo Barreiro - Universidade da CoruñaMelinda A Coleman - University of Western AustraliaThibaut de Bettignies - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleColette J Feehan - Montclair State UniversityJoao N Franco - Instituto Politécnico de LeiriaBerit Hasler - Aarhus UniversityInes Louro - SeaForester, Estoril, Portugal.Kjell M Norderhaug - Norwegian Institute of Marine ResearchPeter A U Staehr - Aarhus UniversityFernando Tuya - Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaJan Verbeek - SeaForester, Estoril, Portugal.
- Publication Details
- Journal of Phycology, Vol.58(2), pp.198-207
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991013052012802368
- Copyright
- © 2022 Phycological Society of America
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; National Marine Science Centre; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article