This study seeks to assemble a list of the pro-environmental behaviours that can contribute to seagrass conservation, to devise practical, and meaningful actions that members of the public can partici...

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The prevalence of seagrass throughout human civilisation has fostered spiritual and cultural relations with these underwater gardens.

The prevalence of seagrass throughout human civilisation has fostered spiritual and cultural relations with these underwater gardens.

To protect and restore seagrass, we need reliable maps showing where seagrass is growing and how this is changing over time.  Global seagrass distribution and status is difficult to map and monitor, l...

Seagrasses have been entwined with human culture for millennia, constituting a natural resource that has supported humanity throughout this history. Understanding the societal value of seagrass fosters appreciation of these ecosystems, encouraging conservation and restoration actions to counteract historic and predicted losses. This study overviews the plethora of seagrass use in human history, ranging from spiritual and ceremonial roles, direct and indirect food resources, medicines and raw materials, dating back more than 180 000 years. While many past uses have been abandoned in modern societies, others have persisted or are being rediscovered, and new applications are emerging. As these uses of seagrasses depend on harvesting, we also underscore the need for sustainable practices to (re)generate positive interactions between seagrasses and society. Our review contributes to revalue seagrass societal ecosystem services, highlighting ancient and more recent human and seagrass relationships to incentivize conservation and restoration actions.

Meadows reduced to blackened stubs have pushed authorities and researchers into crisis mode

In 2019, scientists set out to map the extent of seagrass in Seychelles, an island nation off the eastern coast of Africa. There, they hit upon a startling number: More than 90% of the country’s “blue...

Seagrass ecosystems are increasingly recognized for their importance to biodiversity and marine ecosystem function, but they face many threats. This Review summarizes the contributions of seagrass eco...

Without appropriate management, seaweed farming programmes could be dangerous for marine biodiversity and the benefits that humans get from the ocean.

Risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass

The spatial variation in sediment organic carbon stocks in a patchy seagrass meadow is linked to the temporal stability of the patches, according to an analysis of sediment samples and historical aeri...

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Social-Ecological Systems Society (SocSES) - a global community advancing research, practice, and collaboration for just and sustainable futures. Join us ...

Risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass

Risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass

Without appropriate management, seaweed farming programmes could be dangerous for marine biodiversity and the benefits that humans get from the ocean.