Kelp forests are collapsing in 43 countries — threatened by a range of complex challenges. We're leveraging the best scalable innovations through collaboration.
I grew up diving in kelp forests so thick the fronds felt like sea snakes grabbing your leg. In 2021, I dove into a barren reef at Little Barrier Island to find it stripped bare — and a kina spike to the thumb put me in hospital two weeks later. That's where Kelp Helpers began.
Read the full story →Kelp forests have declined across 43 countries, driven by a range of complex, often overlapping challenges:
Kelp Helpers is leveraging the best scalable innovations through collaboration — removing barriers, returning kelp, and building circular economies that make restoration self-funding.
Learn more about the crisis →Each initiative is a distinct entity designed to work together — roots that generate revenue, leaves that engage the world, and a charitable trust at the core holding it all together.
There are many ways to support Aotearoa's kelp restoration — buy a product, fund a dive, or simply spread the word. Every contribution helps push back the kina barrens and bring the forests back.