System · Rationale

Seaweed

Aquatic system based on the cultivation of marine macroalgae for food, feed, or other products, providing blue-carbon and coastal benefits.

Definition source: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture (seaweed culture)

Synonyms

macroalgae

Broader

Aquatic system

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: exposed to climate hazards such as ocean warming and acidification.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_037 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_037
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_037)