About Xu Ben
Bio
Program Lead at Kelp Forest Foundation.
Passionate about kelp, the oceans, capacity building and social impact. On a mission to restore the world's kelp forests and integrate kelp in our everyday lives.
As a foundation we:
- fill the scientific gaps regarding the ecosystem value of kelp forests, focusing on: carbon sequestration, biodiversity, ocean acidification and avoided emissions of giant kelp products
- Restore kelp forests
- provide scholarships to Namibian students to undertake field research at our case study - a cultivated kelp forest
- provide an ocean literacy and capacity building program
- raise public awareness on the benefits of cultivated kelp
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