Aquatic Ecosystems Restoration Fund

As part of the Oceans Protection Plan, the Aquatic Ecosystems Restoration Fund (AERF) supports projects to identify coastal and upstream restoration priorities, develop and implement aquatic restoration plans, and provide funding to partners (e.g. Indigenous Peoples, conservation groups, academia) to implement projects to address human impacts on Canadian aquatic species and habitats. Activities funded under the AERF will help address threats contributing towards biodiversity loss along Canada’s coastlines. This includes addressing root causes of impacts from inland estuaries and freshwater ecosystems to coastal and marine aquatic ecosystems.

Program objective The AERF will support efforts that protect and restore coastal as well as marine areas by: contributing to strategic planning and responding to restoration priorities supporting restoration and rehabilitation of aquatic habitats and their long term sustainability educating the public on the impacts of human behavior on aquatic habitats supporting co-benefits of aquatic restoration activities (e.g., nature based solutions to climate change) encouraging and building local community capacity To meet its objectives, the program will engage Indigenous organizations, non-profit and community based organizations, and academic researchers or institutions and support coordinated approaches for projects.

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