Industries
Ecosystem Restoration & Rewilding Services
What changes this industry: bio-solutions with evidence, technologies, suppliers and open money.
Overview of the industry
Restoring and managing ecosystems as a service: coral reef and blue-carbon habitat restoration, forest management, biodiversity genomics and monitoring, and biodiversity credits that pay for it. Clean-up of polluted land and water is covered under Remediation.
What it replaces 0
No graded substitution linked yet.
Technologies 12
| Assisted migration & climate-adapted reforestation Moving plant material to climatically suitable sites and choosing seed for the future climate rather than only local seed sources — in an early, research-led … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Biodiversity credits Biodiversity credits and habitat banks finance ecosystem restoration and conservation, leveraging eDNA and acoustic AI to scientifically verify ecological … | Finance & investment |
| Biodiversity genomics Sequencing and archiving the genomes of all eukaryotic life to support ecosystem restoration and bioprospecting. | Ecosystem restoration |
| Blue carbon Carbon captured by marine ecosystems — mangroves, seagrass, salt marshes and cultivated seaweed/kelp — and the emerging industry of ocean farming, Sargassum … | Blue carbon & restoration |
| Blue-carbon habitat restoration Contracted ecological engineering that rebuilds seagrass meadows, salt marshes, oyster reefs and barrier dunes as a paid restoration service — distinct from … | Blue carbon & restoration |
| Coral reef restoration High-tech interventions including land-based farming and 3D printing to accelerate the growth and resilience of coral reefs. | Blue carbon & restoration |
| Ecosystem restoration The science and business of rebuilding degraded land — post-wildfire reforestation with drone seed-pods and biomass-burial carbon, arid-land Cocoon planting, … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Forest & agroecosystem biomonitoring (smart) Smart biomonitoring of forests and agroecosystems fuses environmental DNA, satellite and LiDAR remote sensing, IoT sensor networks and AI to track biodiversity, … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Native seed banks & restoration nurseries Community-run seed networks that collect, process, store and test native seed for restoration — a better alternative to wild collection; the Xingu Seed Network … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Peatland & wetland rewetting restoration Raising the water table of drained peatland to restore ecosystem functions, cut greenhouse-gas emissions and restart peat accumulation — from a 7.5-year pilot … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Pollinator infrastructure (bee corridors, nesting habitat, habitat codes) Planned networks of forage and nesting habitat — corridors, bee hotels, managed parks — that replace ad hoc site-by-site measures; backed by the EU Nature … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Sustainable forestry & forest management Managing forest ecosystems to balance continuous timber and biomaterial yields with carbon sequestration and biodiversity. | Wood & construction |
Opportunities 2
| Grant | Resilient economy and security through ecosystem transitions grants UKRI | Oct 22, 2026 6 days |
| Grant | Technical innovation to protect ecosystems and to scale up their restoration European Commission | Sep 22, 2027 341 days |