Replant to Connect

Judit Alonso

Beneath the crystal-clear waters of the Balearic Islands lie underwater meadows of Posidonia oceanica, the blue lungs of the Mediterranean. Essential to biodiversity and the fight against climate change, they are home to abundant marine life while also storing carbon.

ARTICLE OVERWIEW

The article highlights a project led by Redeia and IMEDEA, dedicated to the regeneration of Posidonia seagrass beds. Through this report, we discover the major ecological role of this marine plant and the efforts being made to preserve this iconic Balearic ecosystem.

BIOGRAPHY

I’m a freelance Spanish journalist. Since 2016, I have been working on issues related to the environment and the climate crisis in Latin America, mainly for the Spanish website of the international German channel Deutsche Welle (DW Español). I also contribute to several Spanish media outlets, including El País, Público, Climática, Ethic, RETEMA, Report.cat and Diari Ara, among others. I have received several journalistic grants and awards, including the International Labour Organization’s Global Media Competition on Labour Migration (2021), for a collaborative work produced thanks to a journalistic production grant awarded by the Gabo Foundation (2020). I am also co-author of the book of interviews with Spanish environmental personalities Accionistas del cambio (2022). In my personal goal to increase and improve media coverage of the climate crisis, since 2023 I have been a member of the board of the Association of Environmental Information Journalists (APIA) and co-founder of the Environmental Journalism Group at the Association of Journalists of Catalonia. This opportunity can be a valuable step toward achieving that goal.