Animation: What are blue forests?

| November 3rd, 2021 | Animations

Blue forests – eelgrass beds, mangrove forests, kelp forests, rockweed, and saltmarshes – are coastal and marine ecosystems that sequester carbon and provide a multitude of ecosystem services. Watch the video to learn more about how productive these ecosystems are and where they can be found.

Video produced by GRID-Arendal 2022 for the Norwegian Blue Forests Network. Animation by Syed Hasan Abbas.

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