Scientists call for urgent measures to protect underwater forests in new global ‘marine animal forests manifesto’

Scientists from around the world are calling for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage one of the ocean’s least known yet most important ecosystems: the Marine Animal Forests. The appeal is presented in the document “Marine Animal Forests: A Manifesto,” launched by an international team of experts led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain, together with the Università del Salento, Italy.

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