By Vy Nguyen, Seawater Solutions Quality Assurance Manager The coast is a place where we interact with different ecosystems and living beings, protecting the coast is equivalent to protecting our ocean. Likewise, making sure our coastlines stay green helps prevent beach erosion, creates a protective barrier, and intercepts the movement of sand and wind. A […]
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By Lorna Clark, MSc Sustainability and Environmental student at University of Strathclyde I am Lorna Clark and I am currently studying an MSc in Sustainability and Environmental Science at the University of Strathclyde. My specific areas of interest are in developing sustainable solutions to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. As part of the Collaboration
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By Núria Pérez Viura, Seawater Solutions Design & Media Coordinator Today 8th of June is the World Ocean Day! This year the aim is to continue growing the global movement to protect at least 30% of our blue planet for a healthy ocean and climate by 2030 and tackle interrelated issues between our oceans, climate
By Núria Pérez Viura, Seawater Solutions Design & Media Coordinator Today 5th of June we celebrate the World Environment Day! REIMAGINE / RECREATE / RESTORE > >> ECOSYSTEMS At Seawater Solutions we also make our contribution towards the restoration of ecosystems around the world! We try be optimistic and we use our creativity and imagination
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By Nicholas Shell, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (Asia) There is no question that halophytes are great to eat. However, they also contain valuable micronutrients used in livestock feeds, fish feeds, and pharmaceuticals. Alongside Salicornia, species such as Sea purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum), Sea blite (Suaeda maritima), and Salsola species contain high levels of: Fatty acids
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By Yanik Nyberg, Seawater Solutions Founder & Director Our team arrived two weeks ago to work with NGO Salarte and Ángel León to restore the traditional salt-pans and wetlands in the Cadiz region, built long ago by the Phoenecians. Now abandoned, these wetlands have the opportunity to revitalise the regions agricultural, aquaculture, and wetland traditions.
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By Joella Korczak, Seawater Solutions Programme Officer We believe that conservation and reforestation of ecosystems and rural development are a catalyst for each other. Integrating community members and local stakeholders are key for a successful and sustainable project, including factors such as knowledge transfer and empowerment. While including locals in the process of our projects,
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By Chris Eccles, Seawater Solutions Environmental Coordinator Well what a busy few weeks it’s been here in Chikwawa! The rains have come to an end but our crops will keep on growing right through the dry season by using the saline groundwater to grow our tasty halophytes. Farmers generally rely on rain water during the
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By Vy Nguyen, Seawater Solutions Quality Assurance Manager Five months ago, we cooperated with a shrimp and fish production farm located at Nha Be District, Vietnam. The farm owner has kindly lent us land on the bank of their shrimp ponds which is used for walking and storage of equipment. Besides that, they also allowed
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By Nicholas Shell, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (Asia) This month we made big steps in aquaculture. Vietnam is one of the world’s largest aquaculture producers and is the largest shrimp producer by land area at 750,000ha. Most of these farms are independently owned, where land is too scarce for adequate wastewater treatment. In the
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