#rewildingbritain #seawildingbritain #seawilding #rewildouroceans #oceanvslandrewilding #marineconservationsociety #newreportrewildingbritain #marine #saveourseas


Rewilding Britain - Ocean vs Land Rewilding in the UK


In a new report, the Marine Conservation Society and Rewilding Britain highlight that Britain's coastal waters store more carbon than UK forests. Britain's coastlines cover an estimated 193,000 square miles and store about 205 million tonnes of carbon, 50 million more than the carbon locked up within all of the standing forests within the UK.


Oceans are the source of at least 50 per cent of all oxygen produced on Earth. Tiny marine bacteria produce as much as 20 percent of the oxygen in our entire biosphere – This is greater than all the tropical rainforests and land combined.


Rewilding key marine ecosystems around the world could potentially lock up 1.83 billion tonnes of carbon each year – this is five per cent of the savings needed globally.


Britain's coastal ecosystems, including saltmarshes and kelp forests have been destroyed through intense fishing methods such as bottom trawling or dredging, reducing the amount of carbon they can store.


The Government has committed to planting 11 million trees by 2022, but now the MSC and rewilding britain wants to see the same commitments to the ocean and wetlands.


The two organisations want the Government to develop an 'ocean charter' to implement nature recovery plans and heavily limit harmful fishing practices. They want efforts to limit pollution levels and keep global average temperatures from rising by more than 2.7F by 2050. Total global greenhouse gas emissions were 55.3 billion tonnes in 2018 and could reach 60 billion tonnes by 2030.To keep temperature rises below 2.7F in accordance with the Paris Agreement, emissions need to fall to 25 billion tonnes annually in the next decade.


The research found that restoring seagrass, saltmarsh, oyster reefs and kelp forests would give Britain a huge leap forward in meeting its carbon cutting goals.The saltmarsh and seagrass habitat of the British Isles is thought to sequester 43,000 tonnes of carbon annually, the report said, a rate of between two and four times that of tropical forests.


So, the two organisations want 30 per cent of UK waters to be designated 'Highly Protected Marine Areas' by 2030, with strict limitations on activities such as bottom trawling or dredging.


Both fishing methods, along with mining and oil and gas extraction, disturb the seabed, releasing stored carbon into the water column and reducing the ocean's capacity to store CO2. It also rips out plant life, which is also key to carbon capture.


With this knew report as ammunition, they are calling for the rewilding and protection of at least 30% of Britain's seas by 2030.


References


Story source


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...


Thanks for Watching!


Please subscribe if you have enjoyed the video :).


YouTube -    / @animaleducate  


Instagram -   / animaleducate  




Facebook -   / animaleducate  


Website - https://lupine-media.co.uk/animal-edu...




Equipment I use:


Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Body - Black - https://amzn.to/2OpKvVc
Rode Smartlav+ Lavalier Microphone for Smartphone - https://amzn.to/3euTijh
Canon EF 40 mm f/2.8 STM Lens - Black - https://amzn.to/38xy5lg
Ring Light, CRI 97 55W 19inch with LCD Display Adjusted Bi-Color 3000K-5800K - https://amzn.to/3l9w4km
Zoom H4n Pro/UK Handy Recorder - https://amzn.to/3vfUwVx




The links above are affiliate links, where I earn a small commission if you click on the link and purchase an item. You are not obligated to do so, but it does help fund these videos in hopes of bringing value to you!


For sponsorship, product reviews, and collaboration, you can email me here: [email protected]


Please Read:



While I take utmost care to provide information from reliable research and sources, I cannot guarantee all information provided in my videos to be 100% accurate. Also, I cannot guarantee the clips are of true likeness to the content being discussed or described. Please do let me know if I have made mistakes so I can keep learning and spreading the most accurate information possible. As my channel grows, the better access I have to specialised media as well as time to dedicate to filming. You can comment or email me at [email protected]. Thanks!