Adopt a marine forest

Choose a coastal site, revisit it overtime, and help scientists trace changes in marine forest habitats.

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What you'll help discover

Information for education, conservation and management of marine forests. For example, repeated photos can reveal seasonal cycles, species shifts, and ecological changes.

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Adopted forests

The marine forests being monitored by our adopters around the world. Browse the diversity.

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Marine forest of the month

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Our active adopters

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How to adopt and monitor

Your simple tasks (only takes 5 minutes)

1 Select a safe coastal site with a species of algae, seagrass or animal forest you can revisit.
2 Using iNaturalist application, upload your photos from fixed viewpoints.
3 In the notes field, type #adoptmf to tag your observation.
4 Visit the site once a month (idealy) to produce a reliable time series.