Marine kelp forests cover 1/3 of our world's coastlines, are heralded as a nature-based
solution to address socio-environmental issues, connect hundreds of millions of people with …

Macroalgal forests characterised by species of the genus Cystoseira sensu lato form
important shallow coastal rocky habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. These forests support a …

Abstract Floating Offshore Wind Farms (FOWFs) are the most promising renewable energy
resource. Floating turbines are installed at progressively increasing water depths, interacting …

Global change is striking harder and faster in the Mediterranean Sea than elsewhere, where
high levels of human pressure and proneness to climate change interact in modifying the …

Active marine restoration is strongly encouraged to prevent the loss of the valuable habitats
formed by Cystoseira sensu lato species, since they enhance biodiversity and preserve …

Local, regional and global targets have been set to halt marine biodiversity loss. Europe has
set its own policy targets to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine ecosystems …

The worldwide decline of macroalgal forests is raising major concerns for the potentially
negative consequences on biodiversity and ecosystem functions, pushing for the definition …

Active restoration is the strategy needed to trigger or accelerate the recovery of degraded
marine habitats, which provide the goods and services essential for preserving biodiversity …

This Collective Article presents new information about the occurrence of 23 marine taxa that
belong to five Phyla: two Chlorophyta, one Annelida, six Mollusca, three Arthropoda, eleven …

Introduction Passive and active restoration approaches have been often considered as
different alternatives to achieve the ecological restoration of a degraded site. This false …