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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE 5
FOREWORD 7
SUMMARY 8
KEY MESSAGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 10
INTRODUCTION 12
THE GLOBAL SETTING OF BLUE CARBON 14
Coastal ecosystem carbon sinks
14
Global Blue Carbon efforts
18
WHY BLUE CARBON IN THE ARABIAN
PENINSULA? 20
BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS OF THE ARABIAN
PENINSULA 24
Regional natural coastal carbon sinks
24
Sabkha carbon?
27
REGIONAL IMPORTANCE OF BLUE CARBON
ECOSYSTEMS 29
Services provided by regional Blue Carbon ecosystems
29
REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS ON ADVANCING
BLUE CARBON 37
Estidama and the Pearl Rating System
38
Ramsar
38
Blue Carbon and Ecosystem Services (ES)
39
Blue Carbon and Packaged Ecosystem Services
39
What could be purchased?
39
Mangrove planting in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
40
CONCLUSION 42
ACRONYMS 44
REFERENCES 45
