ReSOW UK Restoration of Seagrass for Ocean Wealth UK

ReSOW UK 恢复海草以促进英国海洋财富

• 批准号: NE/V016385/1
• 负责人: James Bull
• 金额: $ 110.32万
• 依托单位: Swansea University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FV016385%2F1
• 关键词: ReSOW; UK; Restoration; Seagrass; Ocean

The UK Government has recognised the need for Nature Based Solutions to climate change to form a significant component of the UKs target of reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050. Seagrass meadows create a highly efficient and long-term store of carbon in their marine sediments, providing an opportunity for their restoration to become a key contributor to these solutions. Moreover, in a time of changing management of our UK fisheries, the restoration and recovery of the nation's seagrass meadows provides an opportunity to improve support for fisheries productivity through enhanced fish nursery habitat for important species, such as the Atlantic Cod.These powerhouses of our coastal seas have been a neglected ecosystem for decades and centuries, which has led to their large-scale degradation and loss. In the context of generally improving long-term water quality and improved management of our coastal seas, this loss of seagrass now provides an opportunity for environmental renewal through large-scale restoration. In the US, large scale seagrass restoration has resulted in such ecological renewal, stimulating fisheries production and creating efficient and extensive carbon sinks. The restoration of seagrass in the UK remains in its infancy; however, significant steps forward have already been made by the partners in project ReSOW. UK government regulators and nature agencies recognise that an evidence base and strategic vision are needed to make the case of restoration in order to improve stakeholder support, leverage financial backing and ultimately lead to the ecological renewal of seagrass meadows to meet our national biodiversity and climate goals, whilst supporting our economy. The ReSOW UK project will provide this evidence and strategic vision for ecological renewal, underpinned by excellent science. The project will facilitate informed management and restoration of seagrass for sustainable social, environmental and economic net gains for the UK. ReSOW UK brings together principal scientists, political bodies and NGOs concerned with seagrass management and restoration in the UK, and augments their expertise within a transdisciplinary research team encompassing social science, environmental governance, Earth observation and spatial analysis, social-ecological modelling, and natural capital accounting. The project has been developed in collaboration with UK and devolved government agencies, together with NGOs and academic scientists at the coalface of seagrass restoration and management. Where possible and appropriate, we will re-propose and maximise existing data on the benefits that seagrasses provide to people and planet and their conservation management. The project will collect targeted ecological, remote satellite and socio-economic data to fill gaps in our understanding. Field measurements and information extracted from existing databases will be used to build a computer model and decision support tool which will identify where and how to undertake seagrass restoration with maximum benefit and chance of success. Our approach of working with people and key stakeholders in order to progress novel science and conservation reflects our trans-disciplinary experience and expertise as a research consortium. This will facilitate the development of applied online tools to enable the integration of seagrass into sustainable marine management along with the creation of novel science. ReSOW UK will promote long-term recovery and enhancement of the natural environment, whilst helping to mitigate climate change, improving sustainable commercial activity and promoting social welfare.

英国政府已经认识到，需要以自然为基础的气候变化解决方案，以形成英国到2050年实现净零排放目标的重要组成部分。海草草甸在其海洋沉积物中创造了高效和长期的碳储存，为它们的恢复提供了机会，成为这些解决方案的关键贡献者。此外，在改变英国渔业管理的时期，国家海草草甸的恢复和恢复提供了一个机会，通过改善重要物种的鱼类苗圃栖息地，如大西洋鳕鱼，改善对渔业生产力的支持。这些沿海海洋的动力源泉几十年和几个世纪以来一直是一个被忽视的生态系统，这导致了它们的大规模退化和丧失。在长期水质普遍改善和沿海海域管理得到改善的背景下，海草的丧失现在为通过大规模恢复提供了环境更新的机会。在美国，大规模的海草恢复导致了这种生态更新，刺激了渔业生产，创造了高效和广泛的碳汇。英国的海草恢复仍处于初级阶段；然而，合作伙伴已经在RESOW项目中向前迈出了重要的一步。英国政府监管机构和自然机构认识到，需要一个证据基础和战略愿景来证明恢复的理由，以便改善利益相关者的支持，利用资金支持，并最终导致海草草甸的生态更新，以满足我们的国家生物多样性和气候目标，同时支持我们的经济。Resow UK项目将为生态重建提供这一证据和战略愿景，并以卓越的科学为基础。该项目将促进海草的知情管理和恢复，为英国带来可持续的社会、环境和经济净收益。Resow UK汇聚了与英国海草管理和恢复有关的主要科学家、政治团体和非政府组织，并在一个涵盖社会科学、环境治理、地球观测和空间分析、社会生态模型和自然资本会计的跨学科研究团队中增强了他们的专业知识。该项目是与英国和权力下放的政府机构、非政府组织和海草恢复和管理领域的学术科学家合作开发的。在可能和适当的情况下，我们将重新提出和最大限度地利用关于海草给人类和地球带来的好处及其保护管理的现有数据。该项目将收集有针对性的生态、遥感卫星和社会经济数据，以填补我们在理解方面的空白。将利用实地测量和从现有数据库中提取的信息来建立计算机模型和决策支持工具，以确定在哪里以及如何以最大的效益和成功的机会进行海草恢复。我们与人们和主要利益相关者合作以推进新的科学和保护工作的方法反映了我们作为研究联盟的跨学科经验和专业知识。这将促进开发应用的在线工具，以便能够将海草纳入可持续的海洋管理，同时创造新的科学。Resow UK将促进自然环境的长期恢复和改善，同时帮助缓解气候变化，改善可持续的商业活动，并促进社会福利。

项目成果

One hundred priority questions for advancing seagrass conservation in Europe

• DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10486
• 发表时间: 2024-02-08
• 期刊: PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET
• 影响因子: 5.1
• 作者: Nordlund，Lina Mtwana;Unsworth，Richard K. F.;Wilkes，Robert
• 通讯作者: Wilkes，Robert

Environment predicts seagrass genotype, phenotype, and associated biodiversity in a temperate ecosystem.

• DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.887474
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
• 影响因子: 5.6
• 作者: Alotaibi, Nahaa M.;Kenyon, Emma J.;Bertelli, Chiara M.;Al-Qthanin, Rahmah N.;Mead, Jessica;Parry, Mark;Bull, James C.
• 通讯作者: Bull, James C.

Nutrient additions to seagrass seed planting improve seedling emergence and growth.

• DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1013222
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Frontiers in plant science
• 影响因子: 5.6

The use of habitat suitability modelling for seagrass: A review

海草栖息地适宜性模型的应用：综述

• DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.997831
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Frontiers in Marine Science
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: Bertelli C

High-resolution wave data for improving marine habitat suitability models

• DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1004829
• 发表时间: 2023-01
• 作者: C. M. Bertelli;W. G. Bennett;H. Karunarathna;D. Reeve;R. Unsworth;J. Bull