Thriving kelp.
Healthy oceans.
Real solutions for a resilient blue planet.

Kelp ecosystems are one of the ocean’s most powerful nature-based solutions, yet one of its most overlooked.

At Kelp Forest Foundation, we demonstrate kelp’s potential through flagship projects, science-based tools and strategic partnerships: making kelp investable, measurable, and ready to scale globally.

Kelp forests are known as the underwater jungles: full of life and essential for our planet.

The ocean regulates the climate, supports biodiversity and sustains life on Earth. Climate change, pollution and overuse are quickly degrading marine ecosystems at a global scale.

Kelp covers roughly 25% of the world’s coastlines. They are now disappearing at an alarming rate, with more than 50% already lost in the last 50 years.

Despite their importance, kelp remains understudied, underfunded and structurally overlooked in science, policy and markets.

We give kelp forests the recognition, funding and research it deserves.

We turn kelp potential into scalable impact

KFF closes the gap between what science knows about kelp and what markets, governments and restoration practitioners can actually act on. We develop standards, tools and real-world projects that let funders, companies and coastal managers put kelp’s ecosystem services to use.

We do this through:

→ Research consortia

→ Demonstration Projects

→ Storytelling & Activation

Are you a company, port authority or conservation funder looking to integrate nature-based solutions into your operations or portfolio?

Let’s talk.