Session

Strategic Approaches to CO2 Sequestration Using Harvestable Algae and Kelp Forest

Worldwide efforts to reduce CO2 gas have been initiated recently because high CO2 concentration is a major causative factor in global warming. Seaweeds absorb atmospheric CO2 and turn into organic compounds, considered well-being foods. Seaweeds have been recognized as important mitigation and adaptation measures of Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) in the new climate era. Jeju is a center of algal diversity, where warm and cold currents mix in the Pacific Northwest Ocean. The Korea Society of Phycology will discuss the values of algal diversity in Jeju and suggest conservation strategies, including an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) system, as an adaptation measure to climate change.