In May of 2022the The General Asamble of the UN approved resolution a/res/76/265 that the March 1 when World Marine Pasture Day. The resolution emphasizes The urgent need to increase consciousness and to facilitate measures to save seaglasses To contribute to your health and development, since improving the Services and ecosystem functions It is crucial for achieving Objectives of Developments (SDG).
The importance of marine meadows
Marine meadows are plants with sea flowers that are in shallow water in countless corners of the planet, from the tropics to the polar circle. They form extensive seagrass countries in which complex, highly productive and great biological wealth has been developed.
Although they hardly cover 0.1% of the Oceanic Fundis Seafather provides food and refuge Thousands of species of Fish, seahorses, turtles, etc. In addition to offering support to some of the world’s largest fishing.
Marine meadows can improve water quality by filtering, recycling and storing nutrients and pollutants, and to reduce the contamination of marine food.
Very efficient as carbon kissThey can store up to 18 % of the world of the world, making them a powerful solution based on nature to tackle the effects of climate change.
When They make it possible to soften the oceansThey also contribute to the resilience of the most vulnerable ecosystems and species, such as coral reefs.
In addition, They act as the first line of defense along the coast by reducing the energy of the wavesSo they protect people against the growing risk of flooding and storms.
Threatened
Marine meadows are very old. So much that it is estimated that they can be before dinosaurs. This marine vegetation has many useful features, but also It plays a fundamental role in the balance sheet of ecosystemsSo your care and conservation is the utmost importance.
We talk about green plants and flat leavesabout which they can be found 60 different types.
They live in the shallow coastal waters around the world. They are found in the vicinity of the Oceanic Islands, in the internal seas and along the large coasts (as is the case of Canada and/or US). Posidonies are the characteristic marine meadows of the Mediterranean Sea.
Loose Sea areas They help to maintain the excess nutrients that arise from agriculture and that, from their origins in the interior, open seas and oceans through drain or through river flows.
Moreover, they are great erosion fighters. While it gives stability to sediments, so They are essential for other ecosystems to survive. Without them there would be no beaches, mangroves or swamps.
Very useful
Loose Sea areas They contribute many benefits to their environment. What is more important offers a protective habitat for vulnerable populations of marine animals.
For example, the short submissive Sea Knight and the Spiny Sea Knight are protected species on the British islands that enjoy a larger shelter thanks to a replanting initiative that started in April 2021.
Marine meadows house a very heterogeneous biodiversity. According to the studies of the experts, More than 40 times more animals lives under this herb than in nude sand.
Anemones, jellyfish, crabs, shrimp, lobsters and a huge variety of fish and hundreds of species are sheltered by sea meadows.
Multiple of small organisms digging the sand around its roots. So your neighbors can be Worms, echinoders or amphipods, among many more species.
When the tides go back, the sea birds feed on marine grass leaves and the tasty ‘treasures’ that hide there.
In addition, Marien Gras It is a storage place with carbon dioxide in the long term. Just like mangroves, marshes and other types of wetlands, prairies of marine meadows act as natural carbon wells. And in this way they protect the atmosphere against excess CO2 emissions.
Pollution, fishing nets and those placed on the beaches to contain jellyfish and other anthropogenic actions, dangerous their survival. Moreover, when they die, they are a methane source, a very powerful greenhouse gas. Protecting them is a task that we have to take very seriously.