A roadmap for protecting and restoring 4 million hectares of kelp forests by 2040

Aaron M. Eger; María Altamirano; Anita Giraldo-Ospina; Nina Larissa Arroyo; Kendall L. Barbery; Rebecca Barclay; Anne M. Bauer-Civiello; Rodrigo Beas; Trine Bekkby; Alecia Bellgrove; Scott Bennett; Blanca Bernal; Jordi Boada; Nigel Bradly; Simon Branigan; Tom Calvanese; Bruno Cevallos; Christopher E. Cornwall; Samantha Deane; Hannah Scarlett Earp; Annalisa Falace; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Hunter Forbes; Joao N. Franco; Rita M. Franco-Santos; Karen Gray Geisler; Dang Diem Hong; Ljiiljana Iveša; Isabela D. C. Keski-Frantti; Lydia B. Ladah; Cayne Layton; Duong Minh Le; Sian A. Liddy; Scott D. Ling; Steve I. Lonhart; Luisa Mangialajo; Ezequiel Marzinelli; Tristin Anoush McHugh; Kelsey Irene Miller; Margalida Monserrat; Christopher J. Neufeld; Gregory N. Nishihara; Shane Orchard; Betsy Peabody; Celine Rebours; Keith R. Rootsaert; Maria J. Schreider; Mohammad Sedarat; Shannen M. Smith; Elisabeth M. A. Strain; Zoe F. Studd; Laura Tamburello; Brian Timmer; Sander W. K. van den Burg; Julio A. Vásquez; Reina J. Veenhof; Jana Verdura; Thomas Wernberg; Georgina Wood; Johnny Wright

A roadmap for protecting and restoring 4 million hectares of kelp forests by 2040

Aaron M. Eger, María Altamirano, Anita Giraldo-Ospina, Nina Larissa Arroyo, Kendall L. Barbery, Rebecca Barclay, Anne M. Bauer-Civiello, Rodrigo Beas, Trine Bekkby, Alecia Bellgrove, Scott Bennett, Blanca Bernal, Jordi Boada, Nigel Bradly, Simon Branigan, Tom Calvanese, Bruno Cevallos, Christopher E. Cornwall, Samantha Deane, Hannah Scarlett EarpAnnalisa Falace, Karen Filbee-Dexter, Hunter Forbes, Joao N. Franco, Rita M. Franco-Santos, Karen Gray Geisler, Dang Diem Hong, Ljiiljana Iveša, Isabela D. C. Keski-Frantti, Lydia B. Ladah, Cayne Layton, Duong Minh Le, Sian A. Liddy, Scott D. Ling, Steve I. Lonhart, Luisa Mangialajo, Ezequiel Marzinelli, Tristin Anoush McHugh, Kelsey Irene Miller, Margalida Monserrat, Christopher J. Neufeld, Gregory N. Nishihara, Shane Orchard, Betsy Peabody, Celine Rebours, Keith R. Rootsaert, Maria J. Schreider, Mohammad Sedarat, Shannen M. Smith, Elisabeth M. A. Strain, Zoe F. Studd, Laura Tamburello, Brian Timmer, Sander W. K. van den Burg, Julio A. Vásquez, Reina J. Veenhof, Jana Verdura, Thomas Wernberg, Georgina Wood, Johnny Wright

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Abstract

Essential for healthy oceans, coastal communities, fisheries, economies, and marine biodiversity from the subtropics to the polar regions, kelp forests are an integral and threatened ocean ecosystem. Their benefits are connected to over 740 million people who live beside a kelp forest, and their economic potential is valued at least 500 billion USD per year. Despite the ever-growing and increasingly prominent threats to the ocean’s largest biological ecosystem and the loss of their associated benefits, kelp forest conservation has lagged behind conservation efforts in other terrestrial and marine environments. The Kelp Forest Challenge aims to address this disparity and accelerate investment and action for kelp forest ecosystems by promoting the restoration and protection of 4 million hectares of kelp forests, globally, by 2040. This roadmap is a detailed strategy for how businesses, governments, communities, universities, content creators, and anyone else with an interest can help meet the Kelp Forest Challenge. To save our kelp forests, we will need substantial investment, collaboration, and innovation across different sectors, countries, and philosophies; equitable and large-scale success for kelp forests will only be achieved by bringing together the diversity of solutions outlined here and creating a sustainable ocean for everyone.

Original language	English
Publisher	Kelp Forest Alliance
Number of pages	51
Publication status	Published - Oct 2023

Keywords

Kelp restoration
Ocean ecosystems
Conservation
Kelp Forest Challenge

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Eger, A. M., Altamirano, M., Giraldo-Ospina, A., Arroyo, N. L., Barbery, K. L., Barclay, R., Bauer-Civiello, A. M., Beas, R., Bekkby, T., Bellgrove, A., Bennett, S., Bernal, B., Boada, J., Bradly, N., Branigan, S., Calvanese, T., Cevallos, B., Cornwall, C. E., Deane, S., ... Wright, J. (2023). A roadmap for protecting and restoring 4 million hectares of kelp forests by 2040. Kelp Forest Alliance. https://kelpforestalliance.com/roadmap

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AU - Le, Duong Minh

AU - Liddy, Sian A.

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N2 - Essential for healthy oceans, coastal communities, fisheries, economies, and marine biodiversity from the subtropics to the polar regions, kelp forests are an integral and threatened ocean ecosystem. Their benefits are connected to over 740 million people who live beside a kelp forest, and their economic potential is valued at least 500 billion USD per year. Despite the ever-growing and increasingly prominent threats to the ocean’s largest biological ecosystem and the loss of their associated benefits, kelp forest conservation has lagged behind conservation efforts in other terrestrial and marine environments. The Kelp Forest Challenge aims to address this disparity and accelerate investment and action for kelp forest ecosystems by promoting the restoration and protection of 4 million hectares of kelp forests, globally, by 2040. This roadmap is a detailed strategy for how businesses, governments, communities, universities, content creators, and anyone else with an interest can help meet the Kelp Forest Challenge. To save our kelp forests, we will need substantial investment, collaboration, and innovation across different sectors, countries, and philosophies; equitable and large-scale success for kelp forests will only be achieved by bringing together the diversity of solutions outlined here and creating a sustainable ocean for everyone.

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A roadmap for protecting and restoring 4 million hectares of kelp forests by 2040

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