Vincent Doumeizel, author of The Seaweed Revolution, believes that seaweed can help replace many of the worst elements of conventional contemporary agriculture and help to feed the growing global population.
Aquaculture startup Seafields aims to remove billions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year by growing and harvesting Sargassum in the South Atlantic Gyre, as John Auckland – co-founder and director – explains.
Regenerative and restorative aquaculture operations, such as seaweed farms, can be economically – as well as ecologically – sound, according to two of the key players in the space.
Indonesia needs a sustainable source of funding to conserve and restore its blue carbon ecosystems and combat climate change – and carbon credits may be the solution that helps them flourish.