Summary
With the Blue Economy being an emerging sector in most countries globally, one priority linked with establishing this sector sustainable is the approach to unlocking the potential of Blue Carbon. Coastal ecosystems like mangrove forests and seagrass meadows have a great capacity to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and store it in their biomass and soils, so-called Blue Carbon. Countries have shown the successful use of creating a Blue Carbon Plan and initiatives to tap into this sector financially to increase their countries GDP, combat climate change and its impacts as well as diversify their economies.
This project will demonstrate the potential use of creating Blue Carbon plans and actions for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), dive into best practices utilized by successful countries and showcase how unlocking Blue Carbon can provide sustainable development.
Project goals
- To analyze other successor countries Blue Carbon operations to create a blueprint for SIDS to potentially replicate;
- To identify research challenges and gaps, in particular for Antigua and Barbuda;
To share the results with other SIDS and create practical solutions to jump start Blue Carbon operation.
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