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Oceans & Blue Carbon at COP25
Greening the blue
The Blue Forests project is working with partners across eight countries to test blue carbon and other nature-based climate solutions. It aims at exploring how coastal carbon and ecosystem services can be harnessed to fight climate change, boost conservation and...
Sustainable sea cucumber farming in Madagascar
Sea cucumbers are harvested in many countries worldwide, especially on a small-scale. For the last decade Blue Ventures has worked with local communities in order to develop sustainable aquaculture practices in Madagascar. In much of the Far East, sea cucumbers are a...
Mangrove Conservation and Tourism patterns around the globe
A new study looks at the tourist opportunities provided by mangroves at a global scale using TripAdvisor - This story was written by Mark Spalding and can be found here.“I have honestly never seen anything so stunningly surreal or achingly beautiful” was how one...
Mangrove conservation & carbon trading in Vanga Bay, Kenya
Building on Mikoko Pamoja, an ambitious mangrove conservation and restoration project has recently launched in Africa - An original story by UNEP.When a proven ecosystem restoration method also helps reduce poverty and build economic resilience, governments will often...
Clawing back a sustainable future
Traditionally, mud crabs where collected by women and children as a way to get a little extra money, but are now fished by tens of thousand of small-scale fishersOnce ignored by fishing communities as no more than a second-class snack, the mud crab has entered the big...
Mud crab fishing in Brazil
Mangrove crabs are important fishery resources throughout the Brazilian coast. However, climate change is threatening the livelihoods of people in Brazil's mangrove forests - This story was originally published in BBC.Reuters photographer Nacho Doce has...
Blue carbon & Kenya’s GHG accounting
Building on the success in Gazi Bay, partners are incorporating blue carbon in Kenya's national green house gas accounting.Mangrove forests provide a host of benefits, from supporting the livelihoods of coastal communities, protecting them from the impacts of...
Biodiversity and Blue Forests
An exciting and surprising link between biodiversity and blue forests explored:When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats. But the first global review of links between large marine animals...
Mangrove Forests & Marine Litter
Recent research shows a relationship between mangrove density and marine litter - this article was originally published on Phys.orgMangrove forests on the coasts of Saudi Arabia act as litter traps, accumulating plastic debris from the marine environment, according to...