Welcome to the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership (UKBCEP), a collaborative initiative that brings together science and policy experts from across the UK Administrations to address the key evidence needs and gaps for blue carbon habitats. Blue carbon habitats, such as saltmarsh, seagrass, kelp, and marine sediments, provide a range of benefits to people and nature, including capturing and storing carbon, supporting biodiversity, improving water quality, and enhancing coastal resilience. However, these habitats face significant threats from human and environmental pressures, including climate change, and require effective management, protection, enhancement, restoration and creation to maximise their potential as nature-based solutions.

On this website, you can find out more about the UKBCEP, its aims and objectives, the evidence needs statement that outlines the priority research areas for blue carbon, and the opportunities for collaboration and engagement with the wider blue carbon community. You can also access relevant resources, publications, events and news related to blue carbon in the UK and beyond.

"Developed by the UKBCEP members and drawing on the significant wealth of science, policy and delivery expertise in each administration, this Evidence Needs Statement (ENS) clearly articulates the shared evidence requirements across the UK and serves as a call to action for the research community both in the UK and internationally. The ENS outlines the key areas where we want to work together, to collaborate and deliver innovative research to help enable the management, protection, enhancement, restoration and creation of these important habitats. This will support the UK’s collective net zero and biodiversity ambitions and help towards building resilient, vibrant and healthy coastal and marine habitats as nature-based solutions to the benefit of nature and people" - Graham Underwood (UKBCEP Chair)