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== Plankton Manifesto == In 2024, the United Nations Global Compact's Ocean Stewardship Coalition launched the Plankton Manifesto, collaboratively developed by over 30 international experts. It outlines strategic recommendations to guide global efforts at safeguarding plankton and harnessing their potential to address planetary climate change issues, as well as pollution and biodiversity loss. It emphasizes plankton's critical role as the foundation of marine ecosystems, producing about 50% of Earth's oxygen and sequestering 30–50 billion metric tonnes of carbon annually. Key recommendations include:
Enhanced research and monitoring: Leveraging technologies like DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, satellite monitoring, and AI image analysis to improve understanding of plankton dynamics and create a global plankton atlas. Plankton-based solutions: Promoting innovative applications, such as using plankton for water purification, bioplastics, fertilizers, and animal feed to support sustainable industries. Policy integration: Urging governments, United Nations agencies, and businesses to include plankton in climate and biodiversity frameworks, with endorsements sought at COP29, COP16, and the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference. Public awareness: Fostering "plankton literacy" through education and interdisciplinary initiatives to highlight their role in food security and ecosystem health. Collaboration: Encouraging cross-sectoral partnerships among academia, industry, and governments to fund research and protect plankton from threats like nutrient pollution and ocean warming.
== See also == Paradox of the plankton Seston Veliger
== References ==
== Further reading == Dolan, J.R., Agatha, S., Coats, D.W., Montagnes, D.J.S., Stocker, D.K., eds. (2013).Biology and Ecology of Tintinnid Ciliates: Models for Marine Plankton. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK ISBN 978-0-470-67151-1. Dusenbery, David B. (2009). Living at Micro Scale: The Unexpected Physics of Being Small. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts ISBN 978-0-674-03116-6. Kiørboe, Thomas (2008). A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. ISBN 978-0-691-13422-2. Kirby, Richard R. (2010). Ocean Drifters: A Secret World Beneath the Waves. Studio Cactus Ltd, UK. ISBN 978-1-904239-10-9.
== External links ==
Ocean Drifters – Short film narrated by David Attenborough about the varied roles of plankton Plankton Chronicles Archived 2020-07-28 at the Wayback Machine – Short documentary films and photos COPEPOD: The Global Plankton Database – Global coverage database of zooplankton biomass and abundance data Plankton*Net Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine – Taxonomic database of images of plankton species Guide to the marine zooplankton of south-eastern Australia – Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science – Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder Project – Integrated Marine Observing System Sea Drifters – BBC Audio slideshow Aquaparadox: the diversity of planktonic microorganisms – Images of planktonic microorganisms Plankton, planktic, planktonic – Essays on nomenclature Journal of Plankton Research – Scientific periodical devoted to plankton