Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Grants

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.