Building Blue Carbon Projects - An Introductory Guide

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PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................. V FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................... VII INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT ............................................................................................................... IX KEY MESSAGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................. IX 1 WHAT IS BLUE CARBON? ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 B LUE C ARBON E COSYSTEMS .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 T HE N EED FOR B LUE C ARBON ............................................................................................................................ 7 1.3 G LOBAL C ONTEXT OF B LUE C ARBON ................................................................................................................... 9 1.4 I MPROVING C OASTAL E COSYSTEM M ANAGEMENT THROUGH B LUE C ARBON ............................................................. 12 1.5 S TATUS OF B LUE C ARBON S CIENCE ................................................................................................................... 13 1.6 S TATUS OF B LUE C ARBON P OLICY ..................................................................................................................... 16 2 CONSIDERATIONS FOR BLUE CARBON PROJECTS ................................................................................. 19 2.1 E CONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 19 2.2 I NSTITUTIONAL C ONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 22 3 BLUE CARBON PROJECTS .................................................................................................................... 25 3.1 P HASES OF B LUE C ARBON P ROJECT D EVELOPMENT ............................................................................................. 25 3.2 C ONDUCTING A B LUE C ARBON S COPING S TUDY .................................................................................................. 26 3.3 E LEMENTS OF E XISTING D EMONSTRATION P ROJECTS ............................................................................................ 29 3.4 B LUE C ARBON P ROJECTS W ORLDWIDE .............................................................................................................. 36 4 BLUE CARBON AND THE VALUATION OF OTHER ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ............................................... 37 5 BLUE CARBON AND CORAL REEFS ....................................................................................................... 42 6 BLUE CARBON CAPACITY BUILDING .................................................................................................... 46 7 LESSONS FROM REDD+ ....................................................................................................................... 48 8 CASE STUDIES ..................................................................................................................................... 50 8.1 A BU D HABI B LUE C ARBON D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT ......................................................................................... 50 8.2 M IKOKO P AMOJA - C OMMUNITY - LED M ANGROVE C ARBON C ONSERVATION P ROJECT IN K ENYA .................................. 54 8.3 B UILDING THE C ASE FOR B LUE C ARBON IN M ADAGASCAR ..................................................................................... 56 8.4 A N I NTEGRATED B LUE C ARBON P ROGRAM FOR THE I NDONESIAN A RCHIPELAGO ........................................................ 59 8.5 E XPLORING S EAGRASS C LIMATE C HANGE M ITIGATION P OTENTIAL IN T HAILAND AND A USTRALIA .................................. 62 8.6 T HE GEF B LUE F ORESTS P ROJECT .................................................................................................................... 63 9 PARTING THOUGHTS .......................................................................................................................... 65 10 LITERATURE CITED ............................................................................................................................ 66 APPENDIX 1 - EXAMPLE BLUE CARBON PROJECT FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE .................. 69 APPENDIX 2 - BLUE CARBON RESOURCES ............................................................................................... 71 ORGANIZATION CONTACTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS BY SECTION ............................................................... 73

Building Blue Carbon Projects An Introductory Guide

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