Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration
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Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration. / Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Wernberg, Thomas; Barreiro, Rodolfo; Coleman, Melinda A.; de Bettignies, Thibaut; Feehan, Colette J.; Franco, Joao N.; Hasler, Berit; Louro, Ines; Norderhaug, Kjell M.; Staehr, Peter A.U.; Tuya, Fernando; Verbeek, Jan.
In: Journal of Phycology, Vol. 58, No. 2, 04.2022, p. 198-207.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration
AU - Filbee-Dexter, Karen
AU - Wernberg, Thomas
AU - Barreiro, Rodolfo
AU - Coleman, Melinda A.
AU - de Bettignies, Thibaut
AU - Feehan, Colette J.
AU - Franco, Joao N.
AU - Hasler, Berit
AU - Louro, Ines
AU - Norderhaug, Kjell M.
AU - Staehr, Peter A.U.
AU - Tuya, Fernando
AU - Verbeek, Jan
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Phycological Society of America.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - coastal habitat
KW - cultivation
KW - industry
KW - macroalgae
KW - seaweed
KW - upscaling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127317853&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jpy.13239
DO - 10.1111/jpy.13239
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35092031
AN - SCOPUS:85127317853
VL - 58
SP - 198
EP - 207
JO - Journal of Phycology
JF - Journal of Phycology
SN - 0022-3646
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 324690471