Keeping you up to date with Project Seagrass news and views with a mixture of field notes and commentary on seagrass and marine conservation topics.
Seagrasses are flowering plants that thrive in marine environments and form extensive meadows along the tropical Queensland coast. New James Cook University research shows the seagrass meadows of Trinity Inlet in Cairns Harbor have recovered after severe cyclones and flooding nearly wiped them out—but with a new mix of fish
Momentum builds around the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund as growing public interest and rising urgency position investment in seagrass conservation as one of the decade’s most important solutions for our planet. Investment will facilitate a step-change in global seagrass conservation via new fund designed to put resources directly into
Each year, Project Seagrass welcomes a fresh cohort of students to work with the organisation as part of their placement year. Facilitating training opportunities has been an important part of our approach for over a decade. Since Project Seagrass’ beginnings, 27 students have worked and learnt alongside the team as
Our Ocean is changing and conservation efforts need to keep up. This week, governments, scientists and conservation organisations are gathering in Yerevan, Armenia, for COP17, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. Four years after the world agreed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, we’re now taking stock on progress.
Project Seagrass is celebrating a significant milestone in the development of their Seagrass Nursery facilities in West Wales following the opening of a new multi-span polytunnel. Housing 12 new ponds, the recent expansion has tripled the sites’ previous capacity for polytunnel-based seagrass propagation, strengthening the Nursery’s pivotal role in scaling
Between 2022 and 2025, the Restoration Forth project brought together charities, local community groups, and scientists, united by the ambitious goal of restoring vital marine habitats within the Firth of Forth. Project managed by WWF UK, and delivered in partnership between Project Seagrass, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, The Ecology
The Careers in Conservation: Below the Surface series takes a deep dive into the variety of job roles available within the conservation sector. In this article, Project Seagrass Digital Content Creator Tim Horton shares his experiences and the route he took to a career in conservation. Job Description and Skills
New study shows coastal users can provide valuable insights that strengthen restoration planning and long-term project success Fishers and anglers possess valuable local knowledge that can help identify suitable locations for seagrass restoration, new research published by Project Seagrass shows. The study, conducted along the South Wales coastline, found that
The UK-wide survey is being delivered by marine conservation organisation Project Seagrass and aims to gather the first UK-wide insights into attitudes towards Advanced Mooring Systems. The short, anonymous survey is open for responses until 18th March 2027 and the findings will be used to inform the development of sustainable
The Careers in Conservation: Below the Surface series takes a deep dive into the variety of job roles available within the conservation sector. In this article, Project Seagrass CEO Dr Leanne Cullen-Unsworth shares her experiences and the route she took to a career in conservation. What does it take to
Seagrass meadows provide a suitable environment for eggstraordinary creatures to lay and secure their weird and wonderful eggs. As its Easter, we thought it would be a nice opportunity to introduce you to eggs that can be found in seagrass meadows around our coast. Cuttlefish eggs or “sea grapes” attached
Back in 2015 we entered the #PeoplesProjects, a competition held by the Big Lottery Fund and ITV to win up to £50,000 of National Lottery money. The Peoples Projects aimed to give organisations the chance to build upon previous projects they had completed with help from the Awards For All funding scheme. At the time we didn’t
Yesterday evening, we hosted our official Project Seagrass launch event and its safe to say it was a blast. We were excited and thrilled to see so many faces, some old and some new – we couldn’t be sure how many of you would make it despite the RSVP! Back
Today, the 8th March 2016, is International Women’s Day. The UN’s International Woman’s Day theme for 2016 is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”; in addition, an independent campaign, separate from the UN, is being run by financial firm EY (with other corporate partners) which is
Back in December 2015 I spent a couple of weeks in the Wakatobi, Indonesia, initiating phase II of the Wakatobi Seagrass Program. This seeks to build on work carried out though a previous project “Recognising the role of seagrass meadows in food security: re-prioritising the marine conservation agenda” (2011-2014), which
We’d like to start 2016 by saying a big thank you to everyone that’s been with Project Seagrass for its 3rd year, which has without a doubt been our most successful yet. From urging the government to consider important UK seagrass areas to receiving charity status; from kicking off monitoring
