Project Seagrass

CENTRAL INDO-PACIFIC

CENTRAL INDO-PACIFIC

The Central Indo-Pacific comprises the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean, the eastern Indian Ocean and connecting seas. It is home to the widest diversity of seagrass species, with approximately 20 seagrass species calling the Central Indo-Pacific home. Intertidal meadows comprise of species including Halodule uninervis, Halophila ovalis,  Cymodocea rotundata, and Thalassia hemprichii. Subtidal meadow species include  Cymodocea serrulata, Thalassodendron ciliatum, Enhalus acoroides, and Syringodium isoetifolium.

Explore the work we’re doing in the Central Indo-Pacifc:

Seagrass Ecosystems Services

The Seagrass Ecosystem Services Project seeks to build capacity across the Indo-Pacific to identify the ecosystem services provided by seagrass meadows here and support seagrass conservation.

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Indo-Pacific Seagrass Network

The Seagrass Ecosystem Services Project seeks to build capacity across the Indo-Pacific to identify the ecosystem services provided by seagrass meadows here and support seagrass conservation.

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Southeast Asia

Empowering Community Action for Seagrass Conservation in Southeast Asia: Seagrass Meadows Support Food Security

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Southeast Asia

Engaging communities with citizen science in Southeast Asia

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Indo-Pacific (SeaSTEP)

Seagrass biodiversity, social-ecological systems and poverty alleviation: a collaborative, comparative study in the Indo-Pacific (SeaSTEP)

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Programme Lamun Wakatobi

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