South Korea is scaling up its blue carbon initiatives by restoring tidal flats and planting underwater forests of seaweed. The government aims to move beyond land based forestry to meet its 2030 and 2050 climate targets through marine ecosystem restoration. A key part of the strategy involves working with the IPCC and UNFCCC to get tidal flats and seaweed officially recognized as carbon sinks. If successful, this would allow South Korea to include these marine resources in national greenhouse gas accounting and international carbon markets.
