Blue carbon: protecting the vital seagrass meadows off southern Turkey
Seagrass meadows are one of the most valuable ecosystems on the planet. They absorb up to 35 times more carbon than tropical forests, nurture a wealth of marine life and enrich the water with oxygen. Deep within the turquoise coastal waters of southern Turkey lies some of the oldest and most biodiversity-rich seagrass species in the world: Posidonia Oceanica, also known as ‘Neptune grass’. This video describes why seagrass health is so important for people, nature and the climate and portrays the work of Fauna & Flora and the Mediterranean Conservation Society (also known as AKD) to protect seagrass meadows along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. Last year, AKD’s founder and president, Zafer Kizilkaya, received the Goldman Prize for this important work.
This film has been entered in the MPB Geographical Better World Video Awards. See all the entries and the winners.
