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In Memoriam: Professor Thierry Chopin
Tribute to Professor Thierry Chopin, by Dr. Philippe Potin, scientific director of the Global Seaweed Coalition. Throughout his career, Thierry was known for his enthusiasm, charisma, and sense of humor, leaving a lasting impact on the scientific community and...
Congratulations to our 2024 Grantees!
After a highly competitive evaluation process undertaken by the GSC Scientific and Strategic Advisory Councils, the Global Seaweed Coalition Leadership Committee gathering our founding partners from UN Global Compact, CNRS and Lloyds Register Foundation made the final...
The Global Seaweed Coalition will be visiting Japan in April
The Global Seaweed Coalition will be visiting Japan in April! Our local partners from UN Global Compact Japan are working on organizing a great seaweed conference at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo (April 26th, 2pm) in partnership with the French Embassy &...
Official UNEA-6 Side-Event: “Seaweed as a nature-based solution to tackle the triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution”
Seaweed at the UN Environmental Assembly ! We are currently facing a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. These crises are undermining nature’s ability to provide ecosystem services that support human and non-human well-being....
Joint press release: 1st EU Algae Awareness Summit
The first EU Algae Awareness Summit will be held from 5 to 7 October 2023 at the Maison de l’Océan* in Paris. This unprecedented event in Europe, co-organized by the European Commission, the French Government and the Global Seaweed Coalition (UN Global Compact) with...
Découvrez le monde des algues le 7 octobre à la Maison de l’Océan à Paris!
🌊La magnifique Maison de l'Océan, lieu environnemental de référence au cœur de Paris ouvrira ses portes au public le 7 octobre prochain pour une journée d'immersion dans le monde des algues ! Partez à leur découverte à partir de 10 heures au cours de cette journée...
The Global Seaweed Coalition is looking for its new Scientific Officer
The Global Seaweed Coalition is looking for its new Scientific Officer! Hosted by our founding partners from CNRS, the Scientific Officer will manage GSC funded projects and be the main contact point with project holders. Supervised by the GSC Scientific Director,...
Global Seaweed Coalition Annual Meeting: 5 October 2023 in Paris
After a busy transition year, the Global Seaweed Coalition is proud to invite our growing community to our second Annual Meeting, to be held 5 October 2023 at the Maison de l'Océan in Paris. This Annual Meeting is an opportunity to look back together at our...
Safe Seaweed Coalition becomes the Global Seaweed Coalition
Seaweed stakeholders stepping up global collaboration to scale climate and nature solutions The Safe Seaweed Coalition is proud to announce it has become the Global Seaweed Coalition (GSC), hosted by its founding partner United Nations Global Compact. The potential...
UN Plastic Treaty negotiations: Call to all Seaweed Packaging Companies
We are pleased to invite all Seaweed Packaging Companies to attend the “Seaweed as a Sustainable and Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Packaging” meeting, taking place on the 1st of June from 11:00 to 13:00 CET (TBC) in Paris, France (location to be confirmed). The...
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Working Together to Safeguard Threatened Giant Kelp Forests
Marine scientists will be working with coastal industries, communities and Tasmanian Aboriginal communities on a whole-of-reef-ecosystem restoration project to improve the health of Tasmanian reef ecosystems and bring back giant kelp forests.
Source : National Tribune
Belize Women’s Seaweed Farmers Association launches Sustainable Seaweed Project with UK Support
Тhе £100,000 рrојесt аіmѕ tо bооѕt Веlіzе’ѕ bluе есоnоmу bу аdvаnсіng ѕuѕtаіnаblе ѕеаwееd fаrmіng, сrеаtіng есоnоmіс орроrtunіtіеѕ, аnd іmрrоvіng еnvіrоnmеntаl rеѕіlіеnсе.
Source : BBN
Join the BalanceBlue Lab for a Seaweed Safari
Follow the team from the BalanceBlue Lab at the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life around the globe and learn about responsible seaweed farming and harvesting.
Source : New England Aquarium
Offshore Windfarm Win for Scarborough Seaweed Firm
Scarborough Seaweed Farming Firm - Seagrown - is to use it's technology to help improve the biodiversity of offshore windfarms.
Source : This is the Coast
Run-off Impacts on Arctic Kelp Holobionts Have Strong Implications on Ecosystem Functioning and Bioeconomy
Source : Sarina Niedzwiedz and al.
Companies join forces for biofuels from seaweed biomass
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sea6 Energy Private Limited for collaborative research and development focused on the commercialization of technologies that convert seaweed biomass into biofuels and chemicals.
Source : Safety 4 Sea
Steven Hermans
Seaweed farming expert Steven Hermans has spent the last year travelling through Asia, hoping to shine a light on the epicentre of the seaweed farming industry Steven Hermans
Source : The Fish Site
The Evolution of Brown Algae: From Simple Organisms to Cornerstones of Marine Ecosystems
Approximately 450 million years ago, during the Ordovician Biodiversification Event-a period marked by an explosion of life in the oceans-the first brown algae (Phaeophyceae) emerged.
Source : Miscpeces
Farmers See Up to 24% Yield Increase with Welsh Seaweed Biostimulant
Farmers are invited to participate in pioneering demonstration trials of a range of Welsh-made, seaweed-derived biostimulants and fertilisers.
Source : Business News Wales
Eating Seaweed Could Make Cows Less Gassy, Slashing Methane Emissions From Grazing by Nearly 40 Percent
another study is pointing the way toward an emerging solution: seaweed pellets.
Source : Smithsonian