这是英国最大的海草恢复项目

We are leading the UK's biggest seagrass restoration project

所面临的挑战

As the world is facing a climate emergency enhancing long term carbon storage has never been more important.

海草, 长得很大, 郁郁葱葱的水下草地, could be part of the solution with its ability to capture carbon from the atmosphere which is considered to be extremely high.

However, after centuries of industrialisation 而且 overexploitation many areas have been left barren. Once degraded, these former seagrass environments become a source rather than a sink for carbon. Evidence based conservation is required to reverse that loss 而且 degradation.

Associate Professor Richard Unsworth 而且 researchers in the 科学与工程学院 are developing methods that restore seagrass meadows at scale.

Working with a range of organisations including 项目海草, 天空海洋救援, 嘉士伯啤酒公司而且来自英国, 而且 collaborating with local communities 而且 UK Government, the team are undertaking a large seagrass restoration project in the UK have starting with the planting of 2 hectare meadows.

2公顷的海草只是一个开始. By building on progress made by scientists in the US, IM亚博的海草研究小组, 和他们的伴侣一起, are working on upscaling seagrass restoration methods - including enhancing automation, 进行现场和实验室实验, 而且 working on large scale collaborative projects such as 补种. The team at Swansea are now involved with seagrass restoration in North Wales, the Solent 而且 the Firth of Forth 而且 contributing their expertise to the creation of the UKs first 海草托儿所总部在西威尔士.

的影响

The restoration 而且 conservation of seagrass ecosystems forms part of the ocean’s role in fighting the climate emergency 而且 responding to the biodiversity crisis. This work is also vital as seagrass meadows protect our coastlines from flooding 而且 creating 重要的渔业栖息地更多的可持续的沿海生计. The essential need for large scale ecosystem restoration has been recognised by the declaration of the UN decade of ecosystem restoration.
Scientists at Swansea University are working with NGO’s, governments 而且 stakeholders to develop strategies for seagrass restoration in the UK, 帮助解决生物问题, 社会和治理瓶颈.
与合作伙伴的合作项目海草, Swansea University wants to educate people about the importance of 海草 meadows 而且 develop strategies for their conservation.

This includes involvement with a major international project funded by the 国际 Climate Initiative (German Government). Such work includes the development of new tools for valuation of seagrass ecosystem services in a new project spanning 5 countries across the Indo-Pacific region 而且 the creation of a global citizen science programme.