Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Grants

Overview

The Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Grants will run over 4 years from 2021–22 to 2024–25. These grants are a core component of the broader Blue Carbon Conservation, Restoration and Accounting Program. The grants will fund on-ground implementation of at least 4 blue carbon ecosystem restoration projects in Australia. The projects will be chosen to represent a variety of blue carbon ecosystem types and socio-economic settings and serve as demonstration of the outcomes achievable for climate, biodiversity and livelihoods. The objectives of the grants are: restore degraded and/or re-establish previously lost blue carbon ecosystems by implementing on-ground ecosystem restoration activities provide information on the benefits to climate, biodiversity and livelihoods resulting from restoration activities within various ecosystem types and socio-economic settings. The intended outcomes of the grants are: improve the health of blue carbon ecosystems, thereby enhancing biodiversity, climate and livelihood benefits improve understanding of the flow of ecosystem services and benefits of blue carbon ecosystem restoration and assist in building knowledge and expertise in restoration activities and environmental-economic accounting generate restoration case studies to demonstrate the importance of coastal wetland conservation and restoration, contribute to a wider community of practice for blue carbon wetland ecosystem restoration and project level environmental-economic accounting.