Blue Carbon sampling

Blue forests made of marine plants and seaweeds protect our coasts, support biodiversity and capture carbon. Unfortunately, we already lost half of these important and fragile ecosystems worldwide. As humans move to coastal areas, habitat destruction and pollution increase.

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