Rapid­ly build the ocean as a cli­mate change solution

Blue Marine Foundation

Blue Marine has iden­ti­fied evi­dence gaps in how blue car­bon habi­tats, which include dif­fer­ent coastal veg­e­ta­tive ecosys­tems such as man­groves, salt­marsh, and sea­grass, are cur­rent­ly val­ued. These gaps are stop­ping pol­i­cy­mak­ers from respon­si­bly pro­tect­ing these habi­tats using exist­ing poli­cies. It is also cre­at­ing a bot­tle­neck between demand for nature-based solu­tions and sup­ply of marine projects. 

Blue Marine wish­es to play a cat­alyt­ic role in address­ing these chal­lenges and defin­ing best prac­tice for blue car­bon projects, that sup­port bio­di­ver­si­ty and local com­mu­ni­ties. They will deploy new tech­nol­o­gy into pilot projects to gen­er­ate ocean cli­mate data and use it to inform pol­i­cy inter­ven­tions. Blue Marine has co-found­ed the UK Blue Car­bon Forum, a col­lab­o­ra­tive group of over six­ty research insti­tu­tions, NGOs and gov­ern­ment agen­cies which will be a key resource in this project. 

For more information visit: https://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/