A seaweed aquaculture imperative to meet global sustainability targets

Carlos M. Duarte*, Annette Bruhn, Dorte Krause-Jensen

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Abstract

Seaweed aquaculture accounts for 51.3% of global mariculture production and grows at 6.2% yr −1 (2000–2018). It delivers a broad range of ecosystem services, providing a source of food and natural products across a range of industries. It also offers a versatile, nature-based solution for climate change mitigation and adaptation and for counteracting eutrophication and biodiversity crisis. Here we offer the perspective that scaling up seaweed aquaculture as an emission capture and utilization technology, one supporting a circular bioeconomy, is an imperative to accommodate more than 9 billion people in 2050 while advancing across many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Original languageEnglish
Article number10.1038/s41893-021-00773-9
JournalNature Sustainability
Volume5
Issue3
Pages (from-to)185-193
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022

Keywords

  • ATMOSPHERIC CO2
  • MARINE
  • MACROALGAE
  • GROWTH
  • OPPORTUNITIES
  • EMISSIONS
  • INSIGHTS
  • BIOMASS

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