Blue Carbon UAE

Blue Carbon UAE

November 2012 marked a significant milestone for the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) with the initiation of the one-year long Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project. With the vision and direction from His Highness the late Sheikh Zayed bin...
Financing Blue Carbon

Financing Blue Carbon

Identifying ways of factoring the climate change mitigation role of coastal ecosystems into policy making has been the focus of an international workshop held 23-25 June in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Around 50 participants from around the world joined the discussion in...
Blue Forests in France

Blue Forests in France

On Tuesday, June the 9th, the Blue Forests Project was presented before the French Ministry of Environment and the French Ministry of Foreign affairs. This event followed the celebration of the World Ocean Day, on the 8th and was a seminar organized by the University...
Blue Forests in Norway

Blue Forests in Norway

Late last year, GRID-Arendal, the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) founded a new Norwegian initiative to strengthen and share national competence on 'blue forest' habitats. The network is now engaging...
Keep it Fresh or Salty

Keep it Fresh or Salty

Wetlands International, Conservation International and IUCN have together produced the publication Keep it Fresh or Salty: An introductory guide to financing wetland carbon programs and projects.The report provides guidance for program and project developers from, or...
Underestimating the Ocean

Underestimating the Ocean

Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2014 – Protecting key carbon-absorbing areas of the ocean and conserving fish and krill stocks are critical for tackling climate change. This is one of the findings of a report released today by the International Union for...
Norwegian Blue Forests Network

Norwegian Blue Forests Network

The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), GRID-Arendal and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) have become the pioneering founders of a new Norwegian initiative to strengthen and share national competence on 'blue forest' habitats.These...
GEF Blue Forest Inaugural Meeting

GEF Blue Forest Inaugural Meeting

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Blue Forests Project had its inaugural meeting in Abu Dhabi in November, hosted by AGEDI. The Project helps develop Blue Carbon science and data management through the production of tools and the...
Blue Forests Project Approved

Blue Forests Project Approved

Today the GEF Council, the governing body of the Global Environment Facility, approved an unprecedented large work program within the fifth replenishment cycle of the GEF. With 40 stand alone projects and 9 programmatic approaches amounting to $516.40 million, this...