{"id":1115,"date":"2017-12-05T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/?page_id=1115"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:16:49","slug":"1115-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/?page_id=1115","title":{"rendered":"Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"disease\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:70px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:70px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 50px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - 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What are the current seaweed-related conservation designations in key seaweed producing countries <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">(i.e., countries predominantly in the Global South), and can any lessons be learned from other initiatives for <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">ecologically and economically crucially important marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs and mangroves?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q2. What are the critical knowledge gaps that needs to be addressed to develop a global seaweed <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">conservation strategy (Seaweed Breakthrough)?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q3. 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fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-size:32px;--fontSize:32;line-height:1.3;\">Climate Resilient Seaweeds<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"color:#747474;\">\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Team Leader:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> Professor Phaik Eem Lim (UM)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Our Key Questions:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q1: How well do seaweed strains respond to acclimation studies?<\/p>\n<p>Q2: How well adapted to local conditions are indigenous wild seaweeds and can they be used as new <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); 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{\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #25afb4 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-3 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon > span {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #25afb4 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-box icon-hover-animation-fade\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading icon-left\"><h2 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-size:32px;--fontSize:32;line-height:1.3;\">Seaweed Resource Management<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"color:#747474;\">\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Team Leader:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> Professor Elizabeth Cottier-Cook (SAMS)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Our Key Questions:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q1: What are the important gaps in legislative frameworks and policies that needs to be addressed to <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">support the protection and enhancement of climate resilience and biodiversity in wild seaweed <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">populations?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q2: What is the current knowledge, attitude and practices of the seaweed farmers and indigenous peoples and local communities <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">(IPLCs) of existing management and conservation practices for wild seaweed populations?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Q3: How effective are innovative seaweed management practices in terms enhancing biodiversity?<\/p>\n<p>Q4: How scalable\/replicable, socially acceptable and economically viable are the potential new <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 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