Kelp restoration Sussex, England
The Sussex Kelp Restoration Project will restore 200km2 of lost kelp forest.
The Sussex Kelp Restoration Project, has launched to restore almost 200 square kilometres of lost kelp forest along the coast of Sussex. Healthy kelp forests are vital as well as visually stunning – kelp supports a biodiversity rich habitat and is fast-growing, so sequesters carbon at many times the rate of land-based trees.
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🌱🌊 7 Reasons Why Kelp Is Essential🌊🌱 1️⃣ Kelp provide a multi-dimensional habitat supporting many invertebrate species – one kelp can support up to 80,000 individual animals. 2️⃣Kelp beds provide spawning and nursery grounds for many species including black seabream, cuttlefish and bass, supporting significant commercial and recreational fisheries. 3️⃣ Kelp forms the base of complex food webs, providing food for herbivores, eaten in turn by predators such as seabirds, seals, and dolphins. 4️⃣ Drift seaweed washed up on beaches can be used as fertiliser. 5️⃣ Kelp acts as a carbon conveyor, drawing down carbon faster than many land plants, some of which is fixed into marine sediments. 6️⃣ Kelp beds and the animals they support create superb wildlife experiences supporting recreational business and tourism. 7️⃣ Kelp beds provide a natural coastal defence by creating a physical buffer and absorbing energy from wave action and storm surges. 🌊🌱🌊🌱🌊🌱
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🌏Kelp absorbs CO2 faster than any plant on the planet ❤️🩹Natural solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises DO exist 🌊Platform Earth is working to unite the arts to raise funds and consciousness for active marine restoration 🐠🦀🐙🐡🦭
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🌊🌿Sussex's kelp forests were facing multiple threats, from pollution to overfishing… 🎣 ….but thanks to our joint efforts with @sussexkelp back in 2021 to secure the IFCA trawling exclusion by-law, the kelp is making a comeback! 🙌 We are so proud to be a part of this story of recovery- a shining example of what we can achieve together 🙏🏼 #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #marineconservation
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