Project Seagrass

Today's #SeagrassSpotter is from #Croatia! 🌱 This photo of Posidonia oceanica was taken by Nicole in Grad Komiža. Sharing your #seagrass sightings contributes towards a growing resource mapping the world's seagrass! Join the #SeagrassSpotter community 👉https://ow.ly/jvFh50T7uAy #citizenscience #seagrass #SeagrassSpotter #marineconservation #conservation #environment

Join us for an engaging and informative session on #seagrass meadows in #Kent and their importance for local #biodiversity, human health, and livelihoods. 🌱 13th September 🌱 10am-12pm 🌱Visitor Information Centre, Margate More info and tickets 👉 https://ow.ly/GMR250TcgCm With support from local creative project Art for Our Sea, we're exploring the viability of seagrass #restoration in a new site in the Kent area. Following conversations with local stakeholders, this September, we are completing site surveys and assessments, to be followed by aerial mapping. We invite you to come and join us to share your views on seagrass in Kent, and share any local knowledge of the area 🌱 📸 Lewis M Jefferies

Did you know that seagrass plays a major role in supporting biodiversity and alleviating climate emergencies? Since 1936 approximately 92% of the UK’s seagrass meadows have been lost. RSK Group company Salix River and Wetland is working with Project Seagrass to restore the UK’s lost seagrass meadows. Their goal is to be able to grow and supply seagrass plants and seed for restoration schemes throughout the UK. Salix Technical Director David Holland said: “A vital part of this ambitious goal to rejuvenate seagrass meadows around our coastline has been the development of a seagrass nursery facility to supply seeds and mature plants to projects throughout the UK. Without a reliable supply of local provenance seed and mature seagrass plants, restoration efforts will be limited.“ Would you like to find our more about this project? Read the full article now. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eDb_BUxa

Oceana UK has filed a case over the previous government's approval of recent oil & gas licences, despite the harm caused to UK seas. We’re proud to join Oceana UK and an alliance of 18 other environmental groups in signing an open letter to Ed Miliband, urging him to concede the case. 🌍🌊 Now is the moment for the UK to lead the way in protecting our ocean and our future. 🌱🌊 Read the letter in full here: https://ow.ly/b5af50T9PUF #SaveOurSeas #EndOffshoreDrilling

Our #seagrass #restoration work relies on the commitment and enthusiasm of our amazing #volunteers. At our recent #seagrass seed collection in North Wales we spoke with one of our regular volunteers Bob who shared his experiences of volunteering as part of the #SeagrassOceanRescue project. Read the full interview here 👉 https://ow.ly/OC8b50SXC2O The #SeagrassOceanRescue Project is managed by WWF-UK, in partnership with Project Seagrass, NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST, Pen Llŷn a’r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Swansea University. The project is made possible with support from funders that include the The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, and the Moondance Foundation 💚

Great to welcome Oliver Thomas to the team as our new Senior Seagrass Officer: North Wales Lead 🌱

Support our Crowdfunder 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6Csiwss We're seeking support to work with Tandem Ventures to design and build an automated underwater seagrass seed harvester! This technology will make seagrass restoration faster, more efficient, and scalable. Donate today 🌱

🚤 Calling boat users! 🚤 Share your insights as part of the Solent Boating Survey! Solent Boating Survey👉 https://ow.ly/KIoc50T7qp5 The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust are conducting a survey to understand boaters' perspectives on mooring and anchoring practices in the Solent's #seagrass meadows 🌱 Your responses will support #conservation efforts through the development of strategies that balance #habitat conservation with #community values. Solent Seascape Project

Natural systems simultaneously produce multiple #ecosystem services that interrelate in complex and dynamic ways. Rule 3 for #seagrass #restoration outlined in a new article from Project Seagrass and Swansea University discusses how an overly narrow focus on a limited set of ecosystem services can lead to regime shifts with unfavorable and unexpected sudden loss of services in addition to stakeholder conflicts surrounding the perceived benefits and disbenefits of restoration. The overarching aim of #seagrass restoration should be to maximise the biomass and #biodiversity of meadows so that they support diverse and resilient #ecosystem functioning and services for people and #planet. Read more in the full article published in Plants, People, Planet, The New Phytologist Foundation 👉 https://ow.ly/rmeT50SYj6w 📸 Matt Curnock | Ocean Image Bank

Today's #SeagrassSpotter is from the #Netherlands! 🌱 This photo of Zostera marina was taken by Laura Govers in Schouwen-Duiveland. Sharing your #seagrass sightings contributes towards a growing resource outlining where seagrass is present. Join the #SeagrassSpotter community 👉https://ow.ly/2erh50SWBr7 #citizenscience #seagrass #SeagrassSpotter #marineconservation #conservation #environment