Working in partnership to restore seagrass ecosystems

We are a European consortium to accelerate both scientific and logistical standards to enable seagrass restoration at scale.

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What is seagrass restoration?

Seagrass restoration means the process of actively or passively assisting the recovery of a seagrass ecosystem in order to improve its structure and functions, with the aim of conserving or enhancing biodiversity and seagrass ecosystem resilience, through improving an area of a habitat type to good condition, re-establishing favourable reference area, and improving a habitat of a seagrass species to sufficient quality and quantity. Seagrass restoration version of ‘restoration definition’

Seagrass restoration version of the ‘definition of restoration’ from EU Nature Restoration Regulation (Article 3)

The Seagrass Consortium was founded in Santander, Spain in November 2022.

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14 Sea Rangers employed

6 Sea Rangers were employed to work full time on seagrass restoration in 2024.

8 Sea Rangers were employed to work full time on seagrass restoration in 2025.

1 Seagrass restoration PhD

1 seagrass restoration PhD funded (2023-2027)

1 Seagrass restoration Post-doc

1 seagrass restoration post-doc funded (2024-2026)

91,000

Zostera marina seeds planted

This is the first description, highlighting a key metric in detail.

26,500

Zostera noltii seeds planted

This is the second description, showcasing another important performance metric.

0 Cymodocea nodosa seeds planted

114 Zostera marina ‘sods’ transplanted

This is the first description, highlighting a key metric in detail.

20,414

Zostera noltii seeds transplanted

This is the second description, showcasing another important performance metric.

60 + Mallorca

Cymodocea nodosa cores transplanted

This is the third description, emphasizing a significant achievement metric.

Scaling up

Discover how our consortium is scaling up seagrass restoration efforts in Europe.

We foster transnational collaborations

We are a multi-disciplinary team pooling knowledge and resources to restore seagrass ecosystems as scale.

We address the fieldwork capacity gap with social impact

We create unique employment for young people in deprived coastal communities to carry out restoration work, achieving a simultaneous social impact.

We support policy development

By participating in conferences, seminars, and other public forums we actively seek to engage with policymakers and contribute to policy discussions.

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