The Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project - Executive Summary

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Abu Dhabi Global Environmental
Data Initiative (AGEDI)
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Published by: Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI)
Publication prepared by GRID-Arend l
Recommended Citation:
AGEDI 2013, Blue Carbon in Abu Dhabi – Protecting our Coastal Heritage: The Abu Dhabi
Blue Carbon Demonstration Project, Executive Summary.
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Back cover: Dugong © Yusuf Thakur / Eastern Mangroves © AGEDI/J Boone Kauffman
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