OCEAN CITIZEN: Marine forest coastal restoration: an underwater gardening socio-ecological plan

海洋公民：海洋森林海岸恢复：水下园艺社会生态计划

• 批准号: 10043621
• 金额: $ 26.33万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10043621
• 关键词: OCEAN; CITIZEN; Marine; forest; coastal

Following the non-achievement of the AICHI targets and most of the Good Environmental Status objectives for 2020, active restoration has been emerged (also envisaged by the EU) as one of the preferred tools that may boost sequels of marine protected areas and other conservation measures. Restoration acts promote biodiversity, enhance carbon sequestration and accelerate coastal and offshore resilience. Yet, we still lack a program that combines conservation and restoration under a unified setting, as the involvement of local citizen, embracing socio-economic parameters into opportunities. Thus, an advanced restoration program must conjoin ecological perspectives together with societal commitment and clear economic benefits for local communities. Above all, it must be designed with continuity beyond the lifespan of a project. Responding to the above, OCEAN CITIZEN proposal represent a novel restoration approach in which (1) restoration is depicted as a toolbox holding ubiquitous properties and as such it is experienced in 3 sites, representing different marine ecosystems (in one of the sites all tools are used in concert) and different environments: subtropical, tropical and cold temperate; (2) a profession of “gardeners of the sea” is created and endorsed, including detailed curriculum; (3) the project targets the restoration of the most neglected marine biome, encompassing the various types of Marine Forest (MF) organisms (seagrasses, seaweeds, sponges, corals, gorgonians, etc.);(4) new ecoengineering aspects are applied, including Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture and Smart Enhanced Reefs (SER); the SERs act as substrates for massive recruitment and transplantation of MF organisms (5) the is performed on land, and in situ, from shallow, mesophotic to continental shelf areas (to 90-100 meters depth); (6) a novel approach for C sequestering and sink (7) the full involvement of citizens and local stakeholders with a complete business plan.no project summary.

在未实现爱知目标和 2020 年大部分良好环境状况目标之后，积极恢复（欧盟也设想）已成为可能促进海洋保护区和其他保护措施后续行动的首选工具之一恢复行动促进生物多样性，增强碳固存并加速沿海和近海复原力，但我们仍然缺乏一个将保护和恢复结合起来的计划，需要当地公民的参与，将社会经济参数纳入机会。先进的恢复计划必须将生态观点与社会承诺和当地社区的明确经济效益结合起来。最重要的是，它的设计必须在项目的生命周期之外具有连续性。针对上述情况，海洋公民提案代表了一种新颖的恢复方法，其中（ 1) 恢复被描述为一个具有普遍属性的工具箱，因此在 3 个地点进行了体验，代表不同的海洋生态系统（在其中一个地点，所有工具都协同使用）和不同的环境：亚热带、热带和寒温带； (2) 创建并批准了“海洋园丁”职业，包括详细的课程； (3) 该项目的目标是恢复最被忽视的海洋生物群落，包括各种类型的海洋森林 (MF) 生物体（海草、海藻、海绵、珊瑚、柳珊瑚等）；（4）应用新的生态工程方面，包括综合多营养水产养殖和智能增强珊瑚礁（SER）作为基质； MF 生物的大规模招募和移植 (5) 在陆地上原位进行，从浅层、中光到大陆架区域（深度为 90-100 米）；(6) 碳封存和汇的新方法（7） ）公民和当地利益相关者的充分参与，并制定完整的商业计划。无项目摘要。