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La Baleine event at UNOC3: Towards a UN taskforce on seaweed

La Baleine event at UNOC3: Towards a UN taskforce on seaweed

      10 June 2025, 10:15 - 11:15 hrs. Palais des Expositions, Green zone, Nice, France This session details the UN Taskforce on Seaweed - an initiative bringing together partners to unlock the potential of seaweed for sustainable food systems, climate resilience, and...

Unlocking the Potential of Europe’s Seaweed and Bivalve Industries

Unlocking the Potential of Europe’s Seaweed and Bivalve Industries

  Seaweed and bivalve aquaculture hold immense promise for restoring ocean health, mitigating climate change, and strengthening coastal economies. Market forecasts point to double-digit growth over the next decades. Yet, despite increasing investment and...

In Memoriam: Professor Thierry Chopin

In Memoriam: Professor Thierry Chopin

Tribute to Professor Thierry Chopin, by Dr. Philippe Potin, scientific director of the Global Seaweed Coalition. Throughout his career, Thierry was known for his enthusiasm, charisma, and sense of humor, leaving a lasting impact on the scientific community and...

Congratulations to our 2024 Grantees!

Congratulations to our 2024 Grantees!

After a highly competitive evaluation process undertaken by the GSC Scientific and Strategic Advisory Councils, the Global Seaweed Coalition Leadership Committee gathering our founding partners from UN Global Compact, CNRS and Lloyds Register Foundation made the final...

The Global Seaweed Coalition will be visiting Japan in April

The Global Seaweed Coalition will be visiting Japan in April

The Global Seaweed Coalition will be visiting Japan in April! Our local partners from UN Global Compact Japan are working on organizing a great seaweed conference at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo (April 26th, 2pm) in partnership with the French Embassy &...

Joint press release: 1st EU Algae Awareness Summit

Joint press release: 1st EU Algae Awareness Summit

The first EU Algae Awareness Summit will be held from 5 to 7 October 2023 at the Maison de l’Océan* in Paris. This unprecedented event in Europe, co-organized by the European Commission, the French Government and the Global Seaweed Coalition (UN Global Compact) with...

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A Seaweed Economy Tied to the Tides

The OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 captured this image of seaweed aquaculture in Adamson Bay on the northern part of Pemba Island on August 5, 2024.

Source : NASA

Seaweed Breakthrough

The GlobalSeaweed SUPERSTAR project, funded by the UK’s Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate (GCBC), involves some of the world’s most prominent seaweed scientists, non-governmental actors and industry leaders. It aims to produce a global strategy, or ‘2030 Seaweed Breakthrough’, which will have a significant consultation phase, that will be launched next week at the UN Oceans Conference, Nice in the Blue Zone, Room 4 (13 June 2025) to urgently protect wild seaweed stocks.

Source : Global Seaweed SUPERSTAR

A Cry for Kelp: Scientists Demand Better Protection for Seaweed

A research programme investigating the threat to wild seaweed stocks caused by climate change has today called on the international community to better protect threatened species, which in turn would support seaweed farming.

Source : Fishfarming Expert