The so-called ‘ecosystem services’ offered by blue carbon wetlands are vital to Australians’ health, safety and prosperity, with studies calculating the value of coastal wetlands to the Australian economy in the billions of dollars.

Blue carbon wetlands—mangroves, saltmarshes, and seagrass meadows—represent some of Earth's most valuable yet threatened ecosystems.

Blue carbon wetlands represent one of nature's most efficient climate solutions, though they often go unrecognised in broader environmental discussions about climate change and carbon sequestration.