There are currently 55 Partners that form the International Partnership for Blue Carbon.
Partners hold an extensive range and depth of knowledge and expertise on blue carbon science, policy development or program implementation are willing to share their expertise and collaborate on global solutions. Partners have ambition to contribute to international efforts to protect, sustainably manage and restore global coastal blue carbon ecosystems and will benefit directly from being connected with the diverse expertise offered by the Partnership.
Organisations and countries seeking IPBC membership should have the capacity or the ambition to contribute to international efforts to protect and restore coastal blue carbon ecosystems.
There is no fee for joining the Partnership. However, Partners are asked to actively participate or contribute to IPBC activities through:
- hosting of workshops or side-events at international climate change or other relevant meetings
- allocating in-kind resources to participate in policy and technical discussion groups, or to support
- communication and guidance products funding or in-kind support for administration and communication activities of the IPBC secretariat.
Government
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Australia.jpg)
Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water – Australia
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Costa-Rica.jpg)
Viceministry of Water and Oceans Affairs – Costa Rica
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Fiji-Suva.jpg)
Ministry of Economy – Fiji
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Paris.jpg)
Ministry of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition – France
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Indonesia.jpg)
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries – Indonesia
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Madagascar.jpg)
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development – Madagascar
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Monaco-1.jpg)
Department of External Affairs and Cooperation – Monaco
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Norway.jpg)
Ministry of Climate and Environment – Norway
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-PNG.jpg)
Climate Change and Development Authority – PNG
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Portugal.jpg)
Ministry of the Sea – Portugal
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Seychelles-Government.jpg)
Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and the Environment – Seychelles
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Sierra-Leone.jpg)
National Protected Areas Authority
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Somalia.jpg)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Somalia
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/download.jpg)
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries – Korea
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-United-Arab-Emirates-.jpg)
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment – UAE
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-UK.jpg)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – UK
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-NOAA.jpg)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – USA
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AFD_Logo_RVB-VALIDE╠u.png)
Agence Française de Developpement Group (AFD)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/Japan_logo.jpg)
Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
Non Government Organisation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Blue-Ventures.jpg)
Blue Ventures (BV)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Conservation-Int.jpg)
Conservation International (CI)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-E2E.jpg)
E2E Foundation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Ecoviva.jpg)
EcoViva
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GreenFleet.jpg)
GreenFleet
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Mangrove-Action-Project.jpg)
Mangrove Action Project
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Restore-Americas-Estuaries.jpg)
Restore America’s Estuaries
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Silvestrum.jpg)
Silvestrum
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-The-Nature-Conservancy.jpg)
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-WWF.jpg)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/imgpsh_fullsize_anim-16.png)
RARE
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Blue_Marine_Foundation_Stacked_logo-scaled.jpg)
Blue Marine Foundation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PEW-digital_logo_v3.png)
The PEW Charitable Trusts
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/FC_Logomark_Blue-002.png)
Fair Carbon
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/Forest-on-white-400x400px.jpg)
Fauna & Flora
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/220719_POC_LogoEN_Noir_V.jpg)
Ocean & Climate Platform
Research Organisations
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-AGEDI.jpg)
Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-CIFOR.jpg)
Centre for International Forestry Research
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-CSIRO.jpg)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GIZ.jpg)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GCIQ-1.png)
The University of Queensland (UQ)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-KOEM.jpg)
Korean Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-PARI.jpg)
Port and Airport Research Institute Japan (PARI)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-OPRI.jpg)
Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-The-Blue-carbon-initiative.jpg)
The Blue Carbon Initiative (BCI)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Blue-Carbon-Lab.jpg)
Blue Carbon Lab
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Scottish-Blue-Carbon-Forum-1.png)
The Scottish Blue Carbon Forum
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-CATIE-Costa-Rica.jpg)
The Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education (CATIE)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-UNI-Melbourne.jpg)
University of Melbourne
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-WINROCK.jpg)
Winrock International
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/logo-INVEMAR.jpg)
INVEMAR – Colombia
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Seoul-National-University.jpg)
Seoul National University
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kunsan-National-University.jpg)
Kunsan National University
Intergovernmental
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GRID.jpg)
GRID-Arendal
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/combined_unesco_ioc_blue_eng.png)
IOC-UNESCO
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-International-Union-for-Conservation-of-Nature-IUCN.jpg)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-PEMSEA.jpg)
Partnerships for Environmental Management in the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Pacific-Island-DEV-Fijis.jpg)
Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-the-Pacific-Ocean-Commissioner.jpg)
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) – Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-RAMSAR.jpg)
Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-JAPAN-SPREP.jpg)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Blue_Charter_Provisional_Lock_Up_STACKED_CMYK.png)
The Commonwealth Blue Charter
Asia pacific
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Australia.jpg)
Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water – Australia
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Fiji-Suva.jpg)
Ministry of Economy – Fiji
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Indonesia.jpg)
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries – Indonesia
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-PNG.jpg)
Climate Change and Development Authority – PNG
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/download.jpg)
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries – Korea
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GreenFleet.jpg)
GreenFleet
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-CIFOR.jpg)
Centre for International Forestry Research
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-CSIRO.jpg)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GCIQ-1.png)
The University of Queensland (UQ)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-KOEM.jpg)
Korean Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-PEMSEA.jpg)
Partnerships for Environmental Management in the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Pacific-Island-DEV-Fijis.jpg)
Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-the-Pacific-Ocean-Commissioner.jpg)
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) – Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-PARI.jpg)
Port and Airport Research Institute Japan (PARI)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-OPRI.jpg)
Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-JAPAN-SPREP.jpg)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-The-Blue-carbon-initiative.jpg)
The Blue Carbon Initiative (BCI)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Blue-Carbon-Lab.jpg)
Blue Carbon Lab
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-UNI-Melbourne.jpg)
University of Melbourne
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Seoul-National-University.jpg)
Seoul National University
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kunsan-National-University.jpg)
Kunsan National University
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/Japan_logo.jpg)
Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
Africa
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Costa-Rica.jpg)
Viceministry of Water and Oceans Affairs – Costa Rica
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Madagascar.jpg)
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development – Madagascar
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Seychelles-Government.jpg)
Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and the Environment – Seychelles
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Sierra-Leone.jpg)
National Protected Areas Authority
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Somalia.jpg)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Somalia
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-United-Arab-Emirates-.jpg)
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment – UAE
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-AGEDI.jpg)
Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-RAMSAR.jpg)
Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands
Europe
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Paris.jpg)
Ministry of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition – France
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Monaco-1.jpg)
Department of External Affairs and Cooperation – Monaco
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Norway.jpg)
Ministry of Climate and Environment – Norway
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Portugal.jpg)
Ministry of the Sea – Portugal
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-UK.jpg)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – UK
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Blue-Ventures.jpg)
Blue Ventures (BV)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-WWF.jpg)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GIZ.jpg)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-GRID.jpg)
GRID-Arendal
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/combined_unesco_ioc_blue_eng.png)
IOC-UNESCO
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-International-Union-for-Conservation-of-Nature-IUCN.jpg)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Scottish-Blue-Carbon-Forum-1.png)
The Scottish Blue Carbon Forum
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Blue_Marine_Foundation_Stacked_logo-scaled.jpg)
Blue Marine Foundation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Blue_Charter_Provisional_Lock_Up_STACKED_CMYK.png)
The Commonwealth Blue Charter
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PEW-digital_logo_v3.png)
The PEW Charitable Trusts
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/FC_Logomark_Blue-002.png)
Fair Carbon
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/Forest-on-white-400x400px.jpg)
Fauna & Flora
North America
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-NOAA.jpg)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – USA
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Conservation-Int.jpg)
Conservation International (CI)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Mangrove-Action-Project.jpg)
Mangrove Action Project
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Restore-Americas-Estuaries.jpg)
Restore America’s Estuaries
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Silvestrum.jpg)
Silvestrum
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-The-Nature-Conservancy.jpg)
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/imgpsh_fullsize_anim-16.png)
RARE
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-WINROCK.jpg)
Winrock International
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Blue_Charter_Provisional_Lock_Up_STACKED_CMYK.png)
The Commonwealth Blue Charter
South America
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-E2E.jpg)
E2E Foundation
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-Ecoviva.jpg)
EcoViva
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPBC-Partners-CATIE-Costa-Rica.jpg)
The Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education (CATIE)
![](https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/logo-INVEMAR.jpg)