Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Coastal wetland blue carbon policy research in Aotearoa

Author
Jacobs, Environmental Accounting Services, Anderson Lloyd and Conservation International for the Nature Conservancy
Year
2024
Publisher / Organisation
Ministry for the Environment and The Nature Conservancy
Month
August
Pages
114 pp
Summary
The report investigated which policy, legal, and market conditions would be needed to help landowners participate in blue carbon markets and support restoring New Zealand coastal wetlands. It recommends ways to address the policy, regulatory and legal complexities which currently exist, to remove barriers and allow New Zealand projects to participate at scale.