Blue Carbon Protection Act

2021-06-15

Introduced in House

Blue Carbon Protection Act

This bill establishes programs, grants, and requirements to protect and restore marine and blue carbon ecosystems, which are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt-water wetlands that have the capacity to sequester and store carbon.

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