The open letter entitled Securing a future for seagrass led by the World Seagrass Association and linked to the 12th International Seagrass Biology Workshop (ISBW) is initially supported by more than 140 scientists from across 35 countries around the world. We expect that this list will rapidly expand throughout the ISBW.

Signatories

Teresa Alcoverro (Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Spain)
Lea Angsinco-Jimenez (Regional Integrated Coastal Resource Management Center, Philippines)
Eugenia Apostolaki (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece)
Martin Attrill (Plymouth University, UK)
Susan Baker (Cardiff University, UK)
E. Fay Belshe (University of Bremen & Leibniz Center of Tropical Marine Ecology, Germany)
Chiara M Bertelli (Swansea University, UK)
Karen Bjorndal (University of Florida, USA)
Joseph A Borg (University of Malta, Malta)
Christoffer Boström (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
Amanda Bourque (Biscayne National Park, USA)
Katharyn Boyer (San Francisco State University, USA)
Janina Brakel (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany)
Japar Sidik Bujang (Universiti Putra, Malaysia)
Ainsley Calladine (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Hilconida P. Calumpong (Silliman University, Philippines)
Abigail Libbin Cannon (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)
Fillipo Carli (Song Saa Foundation, Cambodia)
Fernanda Araujo Casares (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Kelcie Chiquillo (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Marjolijn Christianen (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Lauren Clayton (University of Glasgow & Project Seagrass, UK)
Catherine Collier (James Cook University, Australia)
Carol Conacher (frc environmental, Australia)
Rod Connolly (Griffith University, Australia)
Joel C. Creed (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Leanne C Cullen-Unsworth (Cardiff University & Project Seagrass, UK)
Alexandra Cunha (Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK)
Jake Davies (Bangor University, UK)
Stacey DeAmicis (University of Plymouth, UK)
Sony DeGuzman (Philippines)
Kor-jent van Dijk (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Marijn van Doorn (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Carlos Duarte (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
J. Emmett Duffy (Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, Smithsonian Institution, USA)
Michael J. Durako (University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA)
Cynthia Durance (R.P. Bio, Canada)
Johan Eklöf (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Hacen Mohamed El-Hacen (Banc d’Arguin National Park, Mauritania)
Paul L A Erftemeijer (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
Nicole Esteban (Swansea University, UK)
Linda Fitzhugh (Gulf Coast State College, USA)
Mark S. Fonseca (Mark S. Fonseca, USA)
Evie Furness (Swansea University & Project Seagrass, UK)
Jeff Gaeckle (Washington State Department of Natural Resources, USA)
Sylvie Gobert (University of Liege, Belgium)
Laura L Govers (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Alix Green (UCL & King’s College, London, UK)
John Griffin (Swansea University, UK)
Alexandra Gulick (University of Florida, USA)
Camilla Gustafsson (University of Helsinki, Finland)
C. den Hartog (Radboud University of Nijnegen, The Netherlands)
Sam Healy (Song Saa Foundation, Cambodia)
Margot Hessing-Lewis (Hakai Institute, Canada)
Nicholas Higgs (Plymouth University, UK)
Edd Hind (Society of Conservation Biology)
Rob Howard (Fauna & Flora International, Myanmar)
Xiaoping Huang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Randall Hughes (Northeastern University Marine Science Center, USA)
Hitoshi Iizume (Japan Fisheries Information Centre, Japan)
Marlene Jahnke (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Jessie C Jarvis (University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA)
Zhijian Jiang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Robert Johnson (University of Florida, USA)
Jamaluddin Jompa (Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)
Richir Jonathan (University of Mons, Belgium)
Benjamin L Jones (Cardiff University & Project Seagrass, UK)
Alexander Jueterbock (Nord University, Norway)
Gary A. Kendrick (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
Mike van Keulen (Murdoch University, Australia)
Hugh Kirkman (Australia)
Dorte Krause-Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Paul Lavery (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Kun-Seop Lee (Pusan National University, Republic of Korea)
Richard J Lilley (Cardiff University & Project Seagrass, UK)
Songlin Liu (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Rose Lopez (ZSL, Philippines)
Peter I. Macreadie (Deakin University, Australia)
Fleur Matheson (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)
Karla J. McDermid (University of Hawaii-Hilo, USA)
Len J McKenzie (James Cook University, Australia)
Per-Olav Moksnes (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Hildie Maria E. Nacorda (University of the Philippines Los Banos, Philippines)
Yayu La Nafie (Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)
Massa Nakaoka (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Fiona Tomas Nash (IMEDEA, Spain)
Marcus Ng (Team Seagrass, Singapore)
Lina Mtwana Nordlund (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Mary O’Connor (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Nessa O’Connor (Queen’s University, Belfast and Trinity College, Ireland)
Jill Staveley Öhlund (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden)
Jeanine L. Olsen (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Bob Orth (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA)
Jessica Paddock (Manchester University, UK)
Jordi F. Pagès (Bangor University, UK)
Maike Paul (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)
Bradley James Peterson (Stony Brook University, USA)
Maria Potouroglou (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Anchana Prathep (Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)
Laura Pratt (Cardiff University & Project Seagrass, UK)
Gabriele Procaccini (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy)
Rohani Ambo Rappe (Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)
Michael Rasheed (James Cook University, Australia)
Max Robinson (Swansea University, UK)
Maria Emilia Röhr (Åbo Akademi University & University of Southern Denmark, Finland & Denmark)
Rene Rollons (University of the Philippines, Philippines)
Francesca Rossi (CNRS, France)
Miriam Ruocco (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy)
Maricar Samson (De La Salle University Integrated School, Philippines)
María Jesús García Sánchez (University of Malaga, Spain)
Rui Santos (Universidade do Algarve, Portugal)
Christine Segumalian (ZSL, Philippines)
Fred Short (University of New Hampshire, USA)
João Silva (Centre for Marine Sciences, Portugal)
Tim Smith (Deakin University, Australia)
Fee O.H. Smulders (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Erik Sotka (College of Charleston, USA)
John J. Stachowicz (University of California, USA)
R.E. Stafford-Bell (Victoria University, Australia)
Tom Staveley (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Simone Strydom (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Brooke K. Sullivan (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Nicolas Suraro (University of Liege & National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Anitra Thorhaug (Yale University, USA)
Benjamin Thorne (Song Saa Foundation, Cambodia)
Dimosthenis Traganos (German Aerospace Center, Germany)
Stacey Trevathan-Tackett (Deakin University, Australia)
Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Susantha Udagedara (Sri Lanka)
Richard K F Unsworth (Swansea University & Project Seagrass, UK)
Wilfredo Hojilla Uy (Mindanao State University at Naawan, Philippines)
M. Bernadette B. de Venecia (MERF Inc., Philippines)
Jennifer Verduin (Murdoch University, Australia)
Adriana Vergés (UNSW Australia, Australia)
Robert Vernstein (Seagrass Ecosystems Analysts, USA)
Arie Vonk (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Michelle Waycott (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Susan L. Williams (University of California at Davis, USA)
Andrew Winkler (Friends of Gulf St Vincent, Australia)
M. en C. J. Gonzalo Ricardo Wong (UNA, Mexico)
Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria (University of Washington, USA)
Siti Maryam Yaakub (DHI Group, Singapore)
Paul York (James Cook University, Australia)
Jingping Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)