The Wetlands for Climate (W4C) Partnership released a new report examining the successes and challenges in wetland restoration across California, as well as the most promising opportunities to close the gap between policy commitments and on-the-ground delivery in our state.California has lost over 90% of its historic coastal and deltaic wetlands, which play a critical role in storing carbon, buffering communities from flooding, filtering water, and supporting biodiversity. Despite a strong state policy framework, there remains a gap between policy and actual on-the-ground implementation due to unstable funding, permitting
The Wetlands for Climate (W4C) Partnership, established by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Pew Charitable Trusts, and California Trout, aims to close this gap by connecting a wide range of practitioners – from state and local agencies to academic institutions and Tribes – to learn from one another and advance collective action.
In “Wetlands for Climate: Regional Solutions for Statewide Action,” W4C examines four interconnected restoration challenges – funding, permitting, monitoring, and governance – and uncovers a consistent theme: we already have the solutions California needs to accelerate the pace and scale of wetland restoration at a regional level. What’s needed now is a coordinated effort to scale these initiatives, rather than build new structures from scratch.
The W4C Partnership can play a pivotal role in connecting this regional innovation to
statewide practice, supporting learning across regions and helping to translate work happening on the ground into state policy and funding.
You can read the full report here.
