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UNGSI Co-Chairs Communiqué

UNGSI Co-Chairs Communiqué

UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL SEAWEED INITIATIVE Communiqué Geneva, July 13 2026, We, the members of the UN Global Seaweed Initiative (UNGSI), met in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 29 and 30, 2026, for the Initiative's first Annual Meeting. As the UNGSI takes shape as a global...

UN Global Seaweed Initiative: Annual meeting

UN Global Seaweed Initiative: Annual meeting

Advancing sustainable seaweed value chains for climate, biodiversity and trade The UN Global Seaweed Initiative (UNGSI) is a multi-stakeholder platform aimed at advancing sustainable and inclusive seaweed value chains, contributing to climate action, biodiversity...

Seaweed at Scale : A Global Perspective into Implementation

Seaweed at Scale : A Global Perspective into Implementation

Great seaweed session at the ChangeNOW Summit on April 1st in Paris ! For those who were not able to join, here’s a quick breakdown with direct links to each speaker’s segment.   Michel Mortier, Executive Director of our new host, Fondation CNRS, spoke about the...

The Global Seaweed Coalition is hiring a fundraising manager

The Global Seaweed Coalition is hiring a fundraising manager

The Global Seaweed Coalition (GSC) is looking for its new fundraising manager ! The fundraising manager will work under the supervision of the GSC co-founders to raise funds to support GSC’s operations, including funds to seed innovative seaweed projects through...

Financing Regenerative Seaweed & Bivalves Aquaculture: Launch Event

Financing Regenerative Seaweed & Bivalves Aquaculture: Launch Event

🗓️ Monday 1st December; 13.00 – 14.00 GMT Watch the replay here Join Systemiq, the Global Seaweed Coalition and Planet Ocean Capital to launch a new whitepaper: "Financing Regenerative Seaweed and Aquaculture: The Investment Need and Opportunity" ! 🔗 Register here...

Launch of the United Nations Global Seaweed Initiative (UNGSI)

Launch of the United Nations Global Seaweed Initiative (UNGSI)

  UNGA 80 side event 6:15-7:30 pm EDT September 23, Conference Room 7, UN HQ, New York Background: Seaweed offers an array of benefits for people and the planet, including contributing to food and nutrition security in diverse ways, providing significant opportunities...

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Seaweed Waste Eyed as Lower-Carbon Alternative Aquaculture Feed

University of Miami research is examining whether black soldier fly larvae can transform beached sargassum into a lower-carbon alternative for aquaculture feed. According to the university, the work aims to turn “an environmental burden into coastal value solution.” Julio Camperio, working in the Aquaculture Nutrition and Biotech Laboratory at the Rosenstiel School, is studying the larvae’s ability to bioconvert and bioremediate the seaweed waste.

Source : Intrafish

New Species Name Labels for the "Seaweed Forest" Tank

The species name labels are basically magnetic so that they can be easily replaced whenever you take creatures in or out of the tank. However, the "Seaweed Forest" tank still used the old system where flat labels were inserted into a holder from the side, which presented challenges such as the need to remove the lid when inserting or removing labels, and limited space for displaying labels.

Source : Tokyo Sea Life Park

Scientists Make a Seaweed Coating that Beats the Fridge for Cutting Food Waste

A self-assembling coating made from seaweed and zinc can keep fruit fresher and lasting longer than even the cool interior of a fridge. This invention, described in a new paper from a team of Canadian scientists, enabled even delicate strawberries to survive at room temperature for four days without molding.

Source : Anthropocene

‘IVF for Auckland’ Seaweed

Scientists are using what has been dubbed “IVF for seaweed” in a bid to restore underwater kelp forests lost from the Hauraki Gulf, raising hopes for the recovery of one of New Zealand's most degraded marine ecosystems. 


Source : The Post

Seaweed Farms Trial Wool Rope to Cut Plastic Lost at Sea

Engineers at Queen's University Belfast have cultivated three commercial seaweed species on rope spun entirely from sheep's wool, in Norwegian trials the team says are the first to run at industrial scale.


Source : Resource Media