RT Report
T1 Into the Blue: Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Norwegian Blue Forests Network, 
A2 Potouroglou, Maria
A2 Filbee-Dexter, Karen
A2 Lutz, Steven
A2 Grimsditch, Gabriel
A2 Jonsson, Linda
A2 Sander, Gunnar
A2 Gundersen, Hege
A2 Wernberg, Thomas
A2 Buschmann, Alejandro H.
A2 Cavanaugh, Kyle
A2 Krumhansl, Kira
A2 Smale, Dan
A2 Fullenkamp, Connel
A2 Techera, Erika
A2 Valckenaere, Jurgen
A2 Karlsson, Marianne
A2 Eger, Aaron M.
A2 Vergés, Adriana
A2 Hu, Zi-Min
A2 Shan, Ti Feng
A2 Hancke, Kasper
K1 forest
K1 biodiversity
K1 ecosystem service
K1 marine ecosystem
K1 nature conservation
K1 coastal ecosystem
K1 forest management
SN 978-92-807-4007-3
YR 2023
FD 2023-04
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42255
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42255
NO Into the Blue: Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests global synthesis report is the most comprehensive knowledge review on kelp to date, revealing the state of science on the world’s kelp forests and providing recommended actions to build the recovery of the world’s kelp forests. Aiming to improve our understanding of the value of kelp forests and provide recommendations to protect and sustainably manage them, the report also provides a range of policy and management interventions and options that can be used to maintain these remarkable ecosystems into the future and to support the people and economies that have depended on them for generations. Despite the many challenges they face, kelp forests provide valuable ecosystem services, including supporting coastal fisheries, mitigating climate change, and protecting biodiversity. The report emphasizes the importance of combining sociocultural knowledge with economic valuations to strengthen the case for devoting resources to the conservation, sustainable management, and restoration of kelp, the most extensive marine vegetated ecosystem in the world.
NO https://www.unep.org/resources/report/blue-securing-sustainable-future-kelp-forests
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026