The Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project

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The Project Components Carbon baseline assessment: quantified the stocks of carbon for coastal ecosystems, and the rate of carbon sequestration associated with mangrove afforestation; Geographic assessment: mapped Abu Dhabi’s Blue Carbon ecosystems and provided a carbon analysis tool to support informed decision making; Ecosystem services assessment: investigated the goods and services beyond carbon sequestration that Blue Carbon ecosystems provide Abu Dhabi; Policy component: identified the most suitable options for incorporating Blue Carbon and Ecosystem Services in Abu Dhabi’s policy and governance framework; Finance feasibility assessment: recommended the most feasible options for implementing Blue Carbon initiative in Abu Dhabi on behalf of AGEDI and were ultimately responsible for the interaction and integration of the components.

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