To date, initiatives aiming to restore coastal wetland ecosystems primarily address ecosystem characteristics other than carbon storage . But recovery of coastal vegetated ecosystems is expected to bring back the full suite of ecosystem services they provide, not just carbon storage  , making coastal restoration a low-risk action that offers both adaptation and mitigation benefits . Successful restoration requires using appropriate plant species in suitable environmental settings  with favourable geomorphology and biophysical conditions  and considering social, economic, policy and operational constraints , now and in the future  . Nevertheless, restored spaces may not store carbon at rates equal to those of undisturbed spaces , and it may take decades to determine or achieve carbon-storage outcomes of restoration . Integration improves efforts to restore or conserve coastal wetland ecosystems to accomplish both adaptation and mitigation outcomes . Government-led conservation of blue carbon ecosystems as part of national and subnational climate strategies  benefits from coordination with private activities, such as incentivising conservation with payments for ecosystem services . Moreover, successful area-based protection measures consider both environmental and social issues . Continued integration and alignment of policies at international to local levels  will also support achieving the adaptation and mitigation benefit of blue carbon spaces .
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