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31 Μαρ 2022 · Seagrasses are flowering plants that live underwater and provide many goods and services to humans and wildlife. Learn what seagrass is, where it grows, why it is important and how it is threatened by human activities.
Learn about seagrasses, marine flowering plants that form underwater meadows and provide vital ecosystem services. Find out how UNEP promotes seagrass conservation and restoration, and explore facts, threats and benefits of seagrass habitats.
Seagrasses are flowering plants that grow in marine environments and form productive ecosystems. Learn about their origin, diversity, life cycle, interactions with other organisms, and conservation status.
Seagrasses, the Forgotten Ecosystems. 04 May 2020. Seagrass meadows significantly support world fisheries production and global food security, providing valuable nursery habitat for over one fifth of the world’s largest fisheries (Unsworth et al. 2019), as well as shelter and food for thousands of species including threatened charismatic ...
Seagrasses provide shelter and food to an incredibly diverse community of animals, from tiny invertebrates to large fish, crabs, turtles, marine mammals and birds. Seagrasses provide many important services to people as well, but many seagrasses meadows have been lost because of human activities.
11 Δεκ 2020 · Seagrasses are among the least protected coastal ecosystems and often face cumulative pressures from coastal development, nutrient run-off and climate change. The message is clear. Healthy seagrasses provide a source of opportunities to mitigate climate change, adapt to future changes, build resilience and offer multiple additional societal ...
6 Ιουν 2023 · This study provides a review of publications focusing on seagrass ecosystem services provision to identify knowledge gaps and improve our understanding of the use of these habitats as nature-based solutions to societal challenges, such as climate change.