Other Initiatives for mapping and conserving seagrass
International
Global Ocean Conservation Charity comprised of marine researchers, scientists, educators and divers from around the world. Habitat restoration and Species Protection is one of the main work of the group.
An environmental charity devoted to the conservation of seagrass ecosystems, implementing a wide range of activities from monitoring and research of seagrasses to education and capacity building. With their application “Seagrass Spotter”, people can locate seagrass beds all over the world.
Seagrass-Watch is a global scientific seagrass assessment and monitoring program under participation of those who are concerned with the situations of seagrass ecosystems in their local areas. Monitoring is now occurring at more than 300 sites across 19 countries.
Regional
CoastObs is an EU H2020 funded project, Commercial service platform for user-relevant coastal water monitoring services based on Earth Observation. One of their products is mapping seagrass distribution.
Network to conduct collaborative research on seagrass and their associated fisheries across the Indo-Pacific
Project MANAIA serves for protection and preservation of the marine environment. This project welcomes involvement of citizen science. While using a research vessel on the Mediterranean, scientists conduct various studies and collect data, including seagrass mapping.
ResilienSEA project aims to increase knowledge on seagrass meadows in West Africa. Pilot actions and new management tools by ResilienSEA can help governments protect seagrasses in local areas.
Aiming at conserving dugongs and their seagrass habitats, various projects including management, research and policy development are implemented in Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, and Abu Dhabi.
National and local
Remote Sensing & Geo-Spatial Science Research Unit, Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket 83120, Thailand
A study to demonstrate the capability of mapping species type, percentage cover, and above-ground biomass of seagrasses in monsoonal southern Thailand, by combining Worldview-2 (WV-2) imagery with field sampling
As part of research on the marine ecology, Department of Coastal Science, the Gulf of Coastal Research Laboratory (Mississippi, USA) has studied seagrasses and developed relevant indicators.
“Got Seagrass?” is a web-based survey to report sighting of seagrass in the local NY waters.
Four year project to improve the condition of four marine habitats of European importance, focusing on five key Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in the UK
R.R.T. Francisco, Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry, University of the Philippines-Diliman
(The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-4/W12, 2019 5th International Conference on Geoinformation Science – GeoAdvances 2018, 10–11 October 2018, Casablanca, Morocco)
A study to evaluate the agreement between blue carbon ecosystem status obtained from participatory mapping versus the ones discriminated from satellite images, as well as assess how “relative proximity” to landmarks affects the accuracy.
Marine Remote Sensing Group (MRSG) in the University of Aegean conducts researches of the coastal environment using satellite remote sensing and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). One of their researches is seagrass mapping in Greek territorial waters using Landsat-8 satellite images.
Nonprofit organization in the U.S. comprised of biodiversity scientists to provide decision makers of scientific information.
Ocean Alive is Portugal’s first co-operative dedicated to ocean protection. Their goal is to protect the seagrass meadows with the engagement of local fisherwomen.
This organization applies satellite remote sensing time-series analysis to their wide range projects for people and nature.One of their projects is frequent seagrass monitoring.
An Initiative started in 2019 by Blue Marine Foundation and the Maldives Underwater Initiative to raise public awareness about the importance and value of seagrass in the Maldives.
Seagrass Conservation Working Group works for restoration, stewardship, and conservation of eelgrass in British Columbia and Washington.
The Seagrass Ecology & Physiology Research Group was established in 2013.
Project to understand the biophysical characteristics of seagrass at Eastern Banks, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
The research group In the Seaweed and Seagrass Research Unit in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, works on various aspects of seaweed and seagrass ecology both in the gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea.
Project, mainly field work and data collection, conducted by scientists and graduate students at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute and The University of Texas at Austin Center for Water and the Environment
TropWATER is a research group with people related to James Cook University, Australia and carries out multidisciplinary research activities including ones on seagrass ecology.
The North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA) is a not-for-profit company, helps indigenous people manage their land and sea resources in north Australia.
With their developed “I-Tracker” application, indigenous people and rangers can map and monitor seagrasses.
A research group examined seagrass mapping and detection applications using acoustic systems in the literature.
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