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Seaweed: A Revolution to Achieve Goal 14 and More
Official Side Event Safe Seaweed Coalition, in partnership with Australian Seaweed Institute and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Seaweed: A Revolution to Achieve Goal 14 and More June 30, 11:30-12:45 Committee Room, Altice Arena The event aims to highlight seaweed’s...
Safe Seaweed Coalition Annual Meeting & Seaweed Day, June 29th in Lisbon
Our first Annual Meeting will take place on June 29th, 10.30AM in Lisbon on the margin of the UN Ocean Conference! Venue is located in central Lisbon at Forum Picoas. We are calling on our membership to join in person or virtually to this important milestone on the...
On our way back from #SaferWorld22
Huge thanks to all our partners and visitors who participated during these two wonderful days at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Safer World Conference! Recordings of the two days will be available for up to 90 days on demand on the Safer World Conference Attendee Hub....
Join the Coalition next week at Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s Safer World Conference!
The Seaweed industry and the Coalition will feature prominently next week at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Safer World Conference in London, a two-day hybrid conference bringing together thought leaders from research, academia, business and government to discuss...
The United Nations Environment Programme is looking for a Seaweed Farming Expert
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is looking for a Seaweed Farming Expert to carry out a technical in-depth situational analysis for the design and implementation of a sustainable scaling model for seaweed farming. This work will verify seaweed farming...
Safe Seaweed Coalition: 2021 Lookback & 2022 Look Forward
As the Safe Seaweed Coalition enters its second year of existence, our team wishes to look back at the substantial achievements of 2021 and the exciting agenda for seaweed in this coming year. In view of our worldwide geographic dispersion, we will organize two...
Our members from Sea Forest are looking for an experienced COO to join their fast growing team
Our members from Sea Forest in Tasmania are well positioned to become a leading player in the fast developing Asparagopsis market! Following the rapid growth in their business (see more in this brief video), they are looking for an experienced senior operations...
The Safe Seaweed Coalition awards €700,000 in first Call for Proposals
After a highly competitive evaluation process by an advisory board of seaweed industry experts, the Safe Seaweed Coalition Steering Committee announced the results of its first call for proposals. Sixteen projects were selected for funding, with a total value of about...
COP26: positioning seaweed as a powerful ocean-based climate solution
COP26 brought the seaweed family together to position seaweed as a multifaceted ocean-based solution to tackle Climate Change. In the Blue Food session organized by our UNGC partners, seaweed –presented as a powerful tool for bridging nutrition needs with climate...
Safe Seaweed by Design is launching a survey on safety hazards in the seaweed sector
Our partners from Safe Seaweed by Design, a project led by the Wageningen University, are launching a study to assess the most important occupational, environmental and food safety hazards in the seaweed sector. We strongly support this initiative that falls fully...
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Stinky, Invasive Seaweed Could Be Beauty’s Next Hero Ingredient
That smelly, nasty brown seaweed that ruined your last Caribbean vacation? Might be amazing in skin care, hair products, and makeup.
Source : American Salon
Indonesia Eyes Seaweed as Next Green Gold with Promising Downstream Investment
Chairman of the National Economic Council (DEN), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has announced growing investor interest in Indonesia’s seaweed downstreaming program, with State inestment management agency Daya Anagara Nusantara (Danantara) among the companies looking to invest.
Source : Indonesia Business Post
Seaweed Is Packed With Health Benefits—Here’s How to Eat More of It (Even If You're Not a Fan)
Edible seaweed is forecasted to be one of the next big trending foods as a tasty, healthy, and sustainable option—and the product market has taken notice! Gone are the days when seaweed-based foods were only available at your favorite Asian grocery stores or restaurants.
Source : Real Simple
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
Innovative Seaweed-Based Foam Generates Electricity, Insulates Buildings, and Detects Fire
An international team of researchers has developed a novel multifunctional foam that could transform thermal insulation and fire safety in construction.
Source : Miscpeces
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
Women in Indonesia Sustain Seaweed Livelihoods in Face of Climate Threats
While the underwater world teems with life, Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan also nurture a vibrant community above the surface. Along the shores of both islands, seaweed-harvesting communities have flourished for hundreds of years.
Source : Eco Business
Farmed Seaweed Food Ingredient 'Can Be Recipe For a Healthier UK'
Source : Fishfarming Expert
Seaweed Conservation ‘Inadequate’ to Fight Alarming Loss, Report Finds
The balance of marine algae is at risk but barely mentioned in policy discussions, researchers say
Source : Finantial Times