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Greening the blue

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...

Clawing back a sustainable future

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

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

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

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

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...