9/25/2023 0 Comments Atlas map grid![]() ![]() Funded by the MAVA foundation, the ResilienSEA (Resilient Seagrasses) project (2018-2022) has supported research and capacity building activities to map and monitor seagrasses within seven West African pilot countries: Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Without adequate data and knowledge of seagrasses in West Africa, these ecosystems have often been omitted from protection, conservation and management policies. Despite the presence of seagrass meadows in West Africa, this region has historically been one of the least studied areas of seagrasses in the world. ![]() On a global scale, seagrass plays a major role in terms of food security, shoreline protection, carbon sequestration, provision of livelihoods for coastal communities, and biodiversity enhancement by providing habitats for megafauna of special interest and endangered species. Seagrass meadows are a coastal ecosystem with indisputable value for life below and above water. ![]()
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