This opportunity funds innovative multidisciplinary projects demonstrating large-scale protection, restoration, and sustainable management of blue forest ecosystems in European sea basins. Projects must focus on ecological interactions, restoration of degraded habitats, and conservation aligned with the EU Nature Restoration Regulation. Proposals should engage with authorities, researchers, NGOs, and local communities, targeting one specific sea basin and integrating blue carbon ecosystems into marine biodiversity frameworks.
Eligible applicants must comply with admissibility conditions including proposal page limits and layout. Participation is open to entities from EU Member States and Associated Countries, with specific provisions for some non-eligible countries. Projects using satellite data must utilize Copernicus a
