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  • Unsworth, Richard K. F. (author)

Global challenges for seagrass conservation

  • Article/chapterEnglish2019

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  • 2018-11-19
  • Springer Science and Business Media LLC,2019
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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:su-164293
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-164293URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1115-yDOI
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-369424URI

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  • Language:English
  • Summary in:English

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  • Seagrasses, flowering marine plants that form underwater meadows, play a significant global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change and supporting biodiversity. Although progress is being made to conserve seagrass meadows in select areas, most meadows remain under significant pressure resulting in a decline in meadow condition and loss of function. Effective management strategies need to be implemented to reverse seagrass loss and enhance their fundamental role in coastal ocean habitats. Here we propose that seagrass meadows globally face a series of significant common challenges that must be addressed from a multifaceted and interdisciplinary perspective in order to achieve global conservation of seagrass meadows. The six main global challenges to seagrass conservation are (1) a lack of awareness of what seagrasses are and a limited societal recognition of the importance of seagrasses in coastal systems; (2) the status of many seagrass meadows are unknown, and up-to-date information on status and condition is essential; (3) understanding threatening activities at local scales is required to target management actions accordingly; (4) expanding our understanding of interactions between the socio-economic and ecological elements of seagrass systems is essential to balance the needs of people and the planet; (5) seagrass research should be expanded to generate scientific inquiries that support conservation actions; (6) increased understanding of the linkages between seagrass and climate change is required to adapt conservation accordingly. We also explicitly outline a series of proposed policy actions that will enable the scientific and conservation community to rise to these challenges. We urge the seagrass conservation community to engage stakeholders from local resource users to international policy-makers to address the challenges outlined here, in order to secure the future of the world’s seagrass ecosystems and maintain the vital services which they supply.

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  • McKenzie, Len J. (author)
  • Collier, Catherine J. (author)
  • Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C. (author)
  • Duarte, Carlos M. (author)
  • Eklöf, Johan S.Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik(Swepub:su)jekl (author)
  • Jarvis, Jessie C. (author)
  • Jones, Benjamin L.Cardiff University, UK(Swepub:su)bejo9564 (author)
  • Nordlund, Lina M.Uppsala universitet,Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling(Swepub:uu)linor032 (author)
  • Stockholms universitetInstitutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik (creator_code:org_t)

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