Where the Central Aegean and the North East Levantine Seas meet, Mediterranean waters provide critical habitat for some of its most charismatic species, including sandbar sharks, loggerhead turtles and sperm whales. These waters have long provided local people with sustainable livelihoods through fishing, but this traditional way of life is being threatened by illegal and unregulated fishing activity, damage from tourism and invasive species from the Red Sea. To achieve recovery of this essential seascape for native species in the face of climate change, this project will scale-up a successful pilot project to restore more than 500 km of vulnerable marine habitat along the Turkish Mediterranean coast. This will help re-establish ecosystem connectivity, provide space for habitat and species recovery, and strengthen the first line of defence against invasive species from the Red Sea.