News & Events

News & events

Get the latest news from the GlobalSeaweedSTAR team below. Information about upcoming events is coming soon.

IN THE PRESS

In the press

ARTICLE

Disease-afflicted PH seaweed farms see hope with help of scientists

Panay News

31 OCT 2020

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article

How seaweed farming can help tackle global poverty

The Fish Site

24 SEP 2020

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VIDEO

Seaweed manifesto: towards implementation

Dr Flower Msuya contributes to UN meeting.

30 SEP 2020

WATCH on YOUTUBE

FILM

Successful seaweed farming at SAMS

Join us on a short journey through SAMS Seaweed facilities and research, to which GlobalSeaweedSTAR contributes.

28 SEP 2020

WATCH on YOUTUBE

PODCAST

Microbe Talk

Prof Juliet Brodie joins the Microbiology Society podcast to discuss GlobalSeaweedSTAR

10 JAN 2020

LISTEN via SOUNDCLOUD

article

FAO backs regulatory overhaul for global seaweed growers

The Fish Site

2 SEP 2019

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article

Las algueras de Zanzíbar: feminismo e innovación a orillas del Índico

El País

4 DEC 2019

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FILM

A Common Challenge

Dr Flower Msuya features in a new film on aquaculture in Zanzibar from the IUCN and partners

17 DEC 2019

WATCH via YOUTUBE

ARTICLE

FAO to focus on seaweed farming biosecurity

The Fish Site

16 MAY 2019

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article

The crop that put women on top in Zanzibar

BBC

3 JUL 2018

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EPISODE

Assignment: Seaweed, Sex and Liberation

BBC

28 JUN 2018

LISTEN on BBC

ARTICLE & VIDEO

Climate change eroding women's status in Zanzibar

CBS News report featuring Dr Flower Msuya

25 JAN 2018

WATCH on CBS NEWS

Recent news & events

TANZANIA

Successful seaweed industry can help tackle global poverty

24 SEPT 2020

GlobalSeaweedSTAR's Dr Flower Msuya contributes to "Seaweed Manifesto: Towards Implementation" side-event at the UN General Assembly.

INDONESIA

GSSTAR researcher aids the COVID-19 response in Indonesia

13 MAY 2020

A scientist researching seaweed with help from the GlobalSeaweedSTAR project is now using his skills in the battle against the pandemic.

TANZANIA

GSSTAR hosts capacity-building taxonomy workshop in Tanzania

6 MARCH 2020

Held at the University of Dar es Salaam, the three-day workshop on seaweed taxonomy was led by GlobalSeaweedSTAR's Prof Juliet Brodie and Dr Janina Brakel.

MALAYSIA

Talking bioinformatics in Malaysia: an international workshop

10 FEBRUARY 2020

Hosted by GlobalSeaweedSTAR, programme members and other attendees gathered at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur for a week-long workshop on bioinformatics.

NORWAY

GSSTAR evidence at FAO prompts policy rethink

AUGUST 2019

GlobalSeaweedSTAR researchers highlighted the need to safeguard the rapidly expanding global seaweed industry at a recent meeting of the UN FAO Subcommittee on Aquaculture.

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