Restoring European Blue Forests
Funds €3.5–4M projects that restore blue forests, protect coastal carbon and make marine ecosystems more resilient.
Marine and coastal vegetated habitats store carbon, support biodiversity and fisheries, and protect communities, but many are degraded by pollution, invasive species and climate stress. This topic funds large-scale demonstrations that restore and manage these blue forests as functioning ecosystems.
A project must choose one of four Mission basins and combine active or passive restoration with con…
Demonstrate large-scale protection, restoration and sustainable management of marine and coastal vegetated blue-forest ecosystems in one Mission basin. Restore degraded habitats, manage marine protected areas, assess cumulative stressors and ecosystem services, develop credible conservation and blue-carbon financing models, engage local communities and authorities, and establish multi-sensor monitoring that continues through networks such as EMODnet. Deliver replication roadmaps, public awareness and community participation, and operational links with Mission Lighthouse CSAs and the Mission Implementation Platform.
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