by Blue Forests Project | Jul 24, 2019 | Exposure News
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...
by Blue Forests Project | Jul 10, 2019 | Exposure News
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...
by Blue Forests Project | Jun 17, 2019 | Exposure News
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...
by Blue Forests Project | Jun 8, 2019 | Exposure News
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...
by Blue Forests Project | May 24, 2019 | Exposure News
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...
by Blue Forests Project | May 17, 2019 | Exposure News
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,...
by Blue Forests Project | Apr 20, 2019 | Exposure News
As the prospect of catastrophic effects from climate change becomes increasingly likely, a search is on for innovative ways to reduce the risks. One potentially powerful and low-cost strategy is to recognize and protect natural carbon sinks – places and processes that...
by Blue Forests Project | Apr 19, 2019 | Exposure News
Can Blue Bonds really save the world's oceans? – An original article by The Nature ConservancyTrouble in ParadiseThere’s no longer any denying that our oceans are in a dire state. Overfishing has decimated global fish populations; climate change and ocean...
by Blue Forests Project | Mar 2, 2019 | Exposure News
Mangroves provide a wide array of ecosystem services and among them carbon sequestration is widely acknowledged. A recent Nature Geoscience article explores the Global distribution of mangrove canopy height.Mangrove forests burst with life, thriving in the muddy and...
by Blue Forests Project | Jan 22, 2019 | Exposure News
"Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can become the international mechanism that provides the necessary incentive for host countries to fully integrate coastal blue carbon into their NDCs" (Herr et al. 2018).It still happens that the term blue carbon is...
by Blue Forests Project | Oct 22, 2018 | Exposure News
Most efforts to address carbon emissions focus on land-based solutions such as conserving or replanting forests. However, marine life may be unlikely heroes in our fight against climate change and in avoiding the major global disasters warned of in the latest report...
by Blue Forests Project | Oct 18, 2018 | Exposure News
Blue forests Djibouti – the Global Environment Facility has supported the restoration of mangrove forests to provide fishing communities a buffer for important ecosystems and help them adapt to climate change.
