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The Global Seagrass Challenge Fund

A global challenge, shaped by local action

Supporting people-centred seagrass conservation for a healthier ocean and a fairer future

Back the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund

The Global Seagrass Challenge Fund is a collaborative, co-developed initiative that supports locally led research and action to secure a future for seagrass meadows worldwide.

Working alongside partners, we increase awareness of seagrass ecosystems, share knowledge, and strengthen collective action. Through equitable access to technical support and funding, we support research, management, conservation, and education that respond to local priorities and contexts.

Joining the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund as a supporter helps unlock opportunity, strengthen community leadership, and mobilise action for seagrass conservation across the globe.

Scientists have identified six interconnected global challenges, six priorities that need to be addressed to safeguard seagrass meadows now and into the future. The Global Seagrass Challenge Fund exists to respond to these challenges.

The Fund operates through a people-centred, evidence-informed approach that prioritises equity, local knowledge, and collaboration. By supporting individuals, communities and organisations to lead action locally, we aim to enhance biodiversity, strengthen climate resilience, and support livelihoods and well-being.

At its core, the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund directs funding and technical support to initiatives that protect, conserve, and restore seagrass. Our work is guided by our values of being science-led, equitable, optimistic, passionate and collaborative.

The challenges we tackle together

As part of the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund, you stand alongside a committed collective meeting the most pressing challenges facing seagrass conservation worldwide.

1. Making seagrass visible
You can help bring seagrass into the spotlight by building awareness and understanding of these vital coastal ecosystems that support fisheries, protect shorelines, strengthen climate resilience, and sustain coastal communities
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2. Mapping and monitoring seagrass
Your support helps close critical knowledge gaps by strengthening access to reliable, locally relevant information on seagrass extent and condition, turning data into evidence-led, locally grounded conservation action.
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3. Understanding local threats to target action
With your help, local, specific pressures on seagrass can be identified and addressed by partners, enabling community-led action, diagnosis of threats and the shaping of realistic, on-the-ground conservation responses.
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4. Balancing the needs of people and planet
Your contribution helps ensure equitable seagrass conservation approaches that support livelihoods, food security, and cultural connections alongside ecosystem health, recognising people as integral to conservation success.
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5. Building the evidence to support action
With your support, robust scientific evidence to guide conservation decisions can be generated, turning research into credible, practical action.
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6. Conserving seagrass in a changing climate
Your contribution supports climate-informed conservation that is resilient to uncertainty, enabling protection and restoration that is grounded in evidence and adaptive environmental conditions.
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Join the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund

As a member of the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund, you become part of a committed collective responding to the most pressing challenges facing seagrass conservation worldwide. Your support helps us enable locally led, evidence-informed action and research in ways that are just, responsive, and grounded in place.

By joining the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund, you support the conditions needed for seagrass conservation to endure: stronger knowledge, shared learning, equitable partnerships, and the capacity to respond as challenges emerge. Together, we help safeguard seagrass ecosystems and the livelihoods, cultures, and coastal resilience they support — now and for future generations.

Are you ready to join the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund?

Supporting the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund

There are a number of tax-efficient ways to support the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund.

UK donors may be eligible to increase the value of their gift through Gift Aid, boosting donations by 25% at no additional cost. Support can also be provided through Give As You Earn. Further information is available here.

Your journey with the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund begins here.

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Global Seagrass Challenge Fund Brochure

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Membership perks

Collective action

Collective action

Join a collective of like-minded individuals united by a shared commitment to conserving seagrass ecosystems worldwide.

Exclusive engagement

Exclusive engagement

Access invitation-only events and expert talks, offering meaningful opportunities to engage directly with Project Seagrass’ conservation scientists and partners.

First-look content and reports

First-look content and reports

Receive early access to insider updates and challenge reports, giving you a grounded, behind-the-scenes view of progress, learning, and emerging priorities across the Global Seagrass Challenge.

Recognition

Recognition

With your consent, your support will be acknowledged in our annual review, recognising your contribution to advancing equitable and effective seagrass conservation.

Insights and expertise

Insights and expertise

Gain privileged insight into Project Seagrass programmes and direct access to our team, offering an informed perspective on the realities, challenges, and innovations shaping seagrass conservation globally.

Dedicated point of contact

Dedicated point of contact

Benefit from a dedicated point of contact who can support enquiries, facilitate engagement, and ensure your involvement is meaningful, responsive, and well supported.

Collective action

Collective action

Join a collective of like-minded individuals united by a shared commitment to conserving seagrass ecosystems worldwide.

Exclusive engagement

Exclusive engagement

Access invitation-only events and expert talks, offering meaningful opportunities to engage directly with Project Seagrass’ conservation scientists and partners.

First-look content and reports

First-look content and reports

Receive early access to insider updates and challenge reports, giving you a grounded, behind-the-scenes view of progress, learning, and emerging priorities across the Global Seagrass Challenge.

Recognition

Recognition

With your consent, your support will be acknowledged in our annual review, recognising your contribution to advancing equitable and effective seagrass conservation.

Insights and expertise

Insights and expertise

Gain privileged insight into Project Seagrass programmes and direct access to our team, offering an informed perspective on the realities, challenges, and innovations shaping seagrass conservation globally.

Dedicated point of contact

Dedicated point of contact

Benefit from a dedicated point of contact who can support enquiries, facilitate engagement, and ensure your involvement is meaningful, responsive, and well supported.

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