Baltic Sea Sea and Land Area Rewilding & High-Integrity Carbon Credit Pilots

Core Offerings & Expertise

1. Integrated Pilot Sites & Ecological Rewilding

• Terrestrial Rewilding: Restoration of carbon-rich ecosystems, including degraded peatlands, coastal meadows, and wet forests to transition them from carbon sources to long-term sinks.

• Coastal & Marine "Blue Carbon": Marine and coastal ecosystem restoration focusing on brackish wetland rehabilitation, reedbed (Phragmites australis) management, and coastal buffer zone rewilding.

• Biodiversity-Climate Nexus: Implementation of functional ecosystem restoration that links species reintroduction/protection directly to enhanced soil carbon sequestration and ecosystem resilience.

2. Carbon Accounting, Monitoring & MRV

• High-Integrity Carbon Metrics: Testing and validating robust Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) frameworks tailored to Northern European cold-climate soils and brackish coastal waters.

• In Situ Data Collection: Field testing methodologies for soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics, flux measurements, and biomass accumulation in pilot restoration plots.

• Nature Credits Integration: Aligning pilot carbon outcomes with emerging EU standards for nature credits and high-integrity voluntary carbon markets.

3. Community Co-Design & Regional Deployment

• Local & Stakeholder Governance: Expertise in participatory community engagement, spatial co-design, and local land-owner partnerships to ensure social license and long-term project stewardship.

• Policy & Regional Impact: Demonstrating scalable, community-led rural micro-pilots that tie carbon removal to local economic development, ecosystem service monetization, and EU Nature Restoration Regulation objectives.

Call Alignment & Value Add to the Consortium

• Target Horizon Europe Topics: Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Blue Carbon & Coastal Restoration, Carbon Farming & Land Use.

• Key Strengths Brought to Call:

  • Ready-to-use regional demonstration sites in the Baltic ecosystem.

  • Bridge between terrestrial soil science and coastal marine ecology.

  • Field-validated methodology for bio-based and nature-based carbon locking.

  • Active involvement in community-led rural transition frameworks.