3.4
Existing Blue Carbon Projects Worldwide
The Blue Carbon world is rapidly growing. Over the past several years, a variety of efforts and initiatives, from feasibility assessments to full-scale demonstration
projects, have taken shape, and continue to do so. The global map of Blue Carbon illustrated here in Figure 5 is based on information presented in the UNEP and
GRID-Arendal managed Blue Carbon Portal (Blue Carbon Portal, 2013), Bredbenner, 2012, Albert
et al
., 2012, Laffoley, 2013, Ajonina
et al
., in press, and provides an
overview of these activities. It is however, a snapshot of information and not intended to be a comprehensive portrayal.
Figure 5
Blue Carbon projects worldwide.
