Enabling Coastal Restoration and Community Resilience
Seneca works with project developers and partners to advance bankable models that restore and protect coastal ecosystems through nature-based solutions. Areas of interest include mangrove rehabilitation, blue carbon, reef restoration, marine plastic recovery, coastal livelihoods, and marine protected areas. These efforts strengthen ecological function, support climate adaptation, and unlock commercial potential across coastal landscapes. We prioritize approaches that demonstrate financial viability through ecosystem service monetization, blended capital structures, and other mechanisms suited to local contexts.
We welcome collaboration with partners advancing scalable, finance-ready initiatives that align ecosystem restoration with climate and community resilience.
What We Shape
Mangrove Restoration
Seneca supports the rehabilitation of mangrove forests that buffer coastlines, store carbon, and sustain fisheries. These projects often anchor broader coastal resilience strategies and may be structured to generate blue carbon credits, monetize ecosystem services, or unlock cost avoidance income streams—such as reduced flood damage or shoreline protection—through instruments like resilience bonds. We prioritize ecologically sound, locally led models that integrate restoration with long-term stewardship and financial viability.
Blue Carbon
We engage with initiatives that protect and restore carbon-rich coastal ecosystems—mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes—with the goal of integrating them into climate finance strategies. While verified credits may be part of the structure, our focus is on measurable mitigation outcomes that attract private capital and support long-term viability. These models may also incorporate ecosystem service monetization and cost avoidance mechanisms that reflect the protective and adaptive value of coastal ecosystems.
Coastal Livelihoods
Seneca works with partners to strengthen the economic resilience of communities dependent on coastal ecosystems. This includes sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, and ecotourism ventures that align with restoration goals and offer long-term revenue potential. Models are designed to deliver both ecological and financial returns, and may be supported through blended capital or other investment mechanisms.
Reef Restoration
Seneca collaborates on coral reef restoration efforts that rebuild biodiversity, protect shorelines, and support marine-based economies. We prioritize models that demonstrate commercial viability through increased ecological function, including biodiversity gains and shoreline protection. These initiatives may be structured through ecosystem service monetization, cost avoidance income streams such as resilience bonds or performance-linked finance, and often serve as platforms for innovation in marine conservation and climate adaptation.
Marine Plastic Pollution
Seneca supports commercially viable solutions that address ocean plastic waste through recovery, reuse, and conversion. This includes advanced processing methods such as pyrolysis, which transform plastic into usable outputs and unlock new revenue streams. These efforts improve coastal health and are often embedded within broader circular economy and resilience strategies.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
We engage with initiatives that link MPAs to bankable models in sustainable aquaculture, reef-positive enterprises, and conservation-linked finance. These efforts help fund MPA management while delivering biodiversity, climate, and community outcomes. Seneca supports blended finance structures and impact-linked instruments that scale MPA networks and attract investment.
Why It Matters
Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and reefs sequester carbon faster than forests and protect over 600 million people. Yet they are among the most degraded and least funded ecosystems. Blue carbon markets could unlock $1.5 trillion in value by 2030, but investment remains limited and methodologies are still evolving.
Seneca supports projects that combine ecological restoration with commercial viability, especially where blue carbon, marine protected areas, and coastal livelihoods intersect. These ecosystems offer climate mitigation, biodiversity protection, and economic resilience, making them critical targets for nature-positive finance.
What We’re Learning
Blue carbon is promising but still maturing. Bankability depends on robust methodologies, community engagement, and clear co-benefits. Projects should be structured to achieve clear conservation goals and provide reliable financial incentives for local communities and partners.
We are also learning that inclusive governance and blended finance are critical enablers. Seneca is focused on supporting projects that integrate restoration with local economies, ensuring that coastal recovery benefits both ecosystems and communities. We are exploring how companies can participate as offtakers, investors, or co-stewards.
