Marine and Coastal Hub research overview 4: Marine and coastal habitat restoration (2025)

Overview

Australia’s commitment to the United Nations Leaders’ Pledge for Nature includes a target to protect and restore 30% of degraded land, freshwater and ocean ecosystems by 2030.

Australia’s Nature Positive Plan echoes the need for urgent investment in nature repair, facilitated by coordinated planning. National policy mechanisms introduced to accelerate nature repair include those that leverage the carbon market and encourage investment.

Many nature repair projects are happening across our coastal and marine habitats, but on a limited scale and with limited coordination. Clear guidance and governance are needed to clarify the priorities, risks and opportunities and make nature repair attractive to investors.

Marine and Coastal Hub projects are removing barriers to investment in nature repair through the following areas of research and collaboration.

This two-page fact sheet provides an overview of this hub research, including outcomes for research users and brief project examples.