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Building Blue Carbon Projects
An Introductory Guide
Table of Contents
PREFACE................................................................................................................................................. V
FOREWORD ...........................................................................................................................................VII
INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT ...............................................................................................................IX
KEY MESSAGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................IX
1 WHAT IS BLUE CARBON?....................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS .............................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 THE N EED FOR BLUE C ARBON............................................................................................................................ 7
1.3 GLOBAL CONTEXT OF BLUE CARBON ................................................................................................................... 9
1.4 IMPROVING COASTAL ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT THROUGH BLUE CARBON............................................................. 12
1.5 STATUS OF BLUE CARBON SCIENCE ................................................................................................................... 13
1.6 STATUS OF BLUE CARBON POLICY..................................................................................................................... 16
2 CONSIDERATIONS FOR BLUE CARBON PROJECTS ................................................................................. 19
2.1 ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 19
2.2 INSTITUTIONAL C ONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 22
3 BLUE CARBON PROJECTS .................................................................................................................... 25
3.1 PHASES OF BLUE C ARBON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................. 25
3.2 CONDUCTING A BLUE CARBON SCOPING STUDY .................................................................................................. 26
3.3 ELEMENTS OF EXISTING DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS............................................................................................ 29
3.4 BLUE CARBON P ROJECTS WORLDWIDE .............................................................................................................. 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 ABU DHABI BLUE CARBON D EMONSTRATION PROJECT ......................................................................................... 50
8.2 MIKOKO PAMOJA - COMMUNITY-LED MANGROVE CARBON CONSERVATION PROJECT IN KENYA .................................. 54
8.3 BUILDING THE C ASE FOR BLUE C ARBON IN MADAGASCAR ..................................................................................... 56
8.4 AN INTEGRATED BLUE C ARBON PROGRAM FOR THE I NDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO ........................................................ 59
8.5 EXPLORING SEAGRASS C LIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION P OTENTIAL IN THAILAND AND AUSTRALIA.................................. 62
8.6 THE GEF B LUE FORESTS PROJECT .................................................................................................................... 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