A campaign to protect one of the planet’s only expanding kelp forests takes shape

Mongabay
Apr 21, 2026, 8:32 am192 ptsTrendingTop
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Diving in the Great African Seaforest, with its tightly packed towering kelp stipes that can rise up to 9 meters, or 30 feet, from the seabed, is a surreal experience, even for those who study this vast underwater habitat. “You see fish swimming as birds would do in the forest,”…

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