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The Blue Carbon Handbook: Coastal Carbon Strategies

Blue carbon ecosystems store CO2 & combat climate change.

Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass meadows, and tidal marshes play a vital role in capturing and storing carbon dioxide, contributing to mitigating climate change.

Sustainable management of these ecosystems offers a range of environmental, social, and economic benefits beyond climate action, including resilience, conservation, and livelihood support.

Blue carbon action involves conserving, restoring, or sustainably managing these ecosystems, which can be financed through market-based or non-market approaches like blue bonds or development banks.

Governments can support blue carbon projects by providing clear policies, aligning funding, and creating incentives. National commitments like NDCs and NBSAPs can accelerate action by highlighting the multiple benefits of coastal ecosystems.

A holistic approach is necessary, integrating adaptation, resilience, biodiversity conservation, and community livelihoods alongside blue carbon actions and relevant financing.

Collaboration between various stakeholders, including governments, international organizations, scientific institutions, the private sector, and local communities, is crucial and should follow inclusive and equitable principles.

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Jul 12, 2023
Source Ocean Panel

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