Resources

This week we feature a update from our project partner in Conservation International Ecuador, Belén Vallejo, Communication Coordinator.Given the importance of mangroves for sustainable development and particularly for CI Ecuador's work, July 26 - recently...

This is an update from our project partner in IUCN, Dorothee Herr."For the last few months IUCN has focused on assessing the Small Scale Initiative's (SSI) policy situation. While I was on maternity leave, fantastic colleagues have steadily researched and...

Silvestrum just finalised its pre-feasibility assessment for a blue carbon project in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique. The assessment was commissioned by WWF Mozambique and formed part of the activities under the framework of the GEF Blue Forests program.Mozambique...

Coastal and marine ecosystems are under significant threat. Between 2-7% of the earth's blue carbon sinks are lost annually, and if more action is not taken immediately to restore these vital ecosystems, most may be lost within 20 years.The benefits of seagrass...

This research describes the shift that has taken place since the 1990's in the southern African development-conservation paradigm - from an approach that emphasized centralized management and wildlife protection, to one that better incorporates socio-economic...

A recent study, published by Data Mares, highlights the vital ecosystem service that mangroves provide as productive fish nursery habitat, particularly for yellow snapper in the Gulf of California. Mangroves are snapper generatorsAccording to this study, "each...

Thanks to advice and support of Prof. Cath Lovelock, a member of the Blue Forests Carbon Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, the Madagascar intervention recently installed the first mangrove Rod Surface Elevation Tables (RSETs) in Africa. We are using RSETs to...

Coastal wetlands have been the focus of conservation and restoration efforts for over a century with the goal of preserving biodiversity and generating benefits to local communities.A diverse portfolio of financing sources has been used for supporting conservation and...

A new methodology to encourage coastal restoration across the globe has been approved by the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). The Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration (VM0033) is the first globally applicable greenhouse gas accounting methodology for...

SAIIA's Governance of Africa's Resources Programme (GARP) works to improve policies governing Africa's abundant natural resources. The programme analyses the key local, continental and global trends influencing the management, use, development and...