About
Blue Carbon Trust
Our vision
The Blue Carbon Trust’s goal is to support the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of blue carbon habitats - seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, and saltmarshes - for their critical role in carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and coastal resilience.
Why blue carbon matters
Blue carbon habitats provide us with many benefits:
Climate impact
These ecosystems sequester carbon significantly faster than forests per unit area.
Biodiversity
They provide a home to juvenile fish, crustaceans, and rare plant species. This benefits fishing communities.
Coastal protection
They act as natural buffers against erosion, flooding, and storms.
Impact
These vital habitats are under increasing pressure and degradation from development, pollution, and climate change, causing the loss of their storage capabilities and also releasing stored carbon into the atmosphere.
How we help
Partnerships
We work with organisations who are tackling these issues, supporting projects to help protect & reduce the pressures on blue carbon habitats, as well as actively restoring them.
Funding
We can help projects by providing funding and offering practical support to tap into other potential funding opportunities. By providing “seed funding” grants or working with other funders collaboratively, we can help unlock further finance.
Locations
We are currently focused on projects in Scotland and the Caribbean.
Apply for funding
We provide a flexible, independent and collaborative grant-giving model which enables local solutions to generate a positive impact for the ocean, climate and communities.
If you're a registered charity, NGO, community group, or research organisation looking for funding for a blue carbon conservation project, we're here to help. We offer a maximum of £20,000 per grant application, and can also help find other sources of funding.