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Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems in International Frameworks and Conventions Overview Report

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An overview of the main international frameworks and conventions that address the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of coastal blue carbon ecosystems. Some of these frameworks and conventions specifically include coastal blue carbon ecosystems as part of their Parties’ commitments, while others guide action towards objectives that are interconnected with coastal blue carbon ecosystems, such as the conservation of critical habitats and specific ecosystem types.

Inventory of Global Blue Carbon Actors

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The Inventory lists the main players in the blue carbon field, categorized by type of organization – intergovernmental organization, non-governmental organization or global initiative. The organizations listed in the document work primarily at the global or regional level.

Coastal blue carbon: an introduction for policy makers

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The introduction to blue carbon for policy makers describes some of the challenges and opportunities in developing policies and undertaking projects to protect and restore coastal blue carbon ecosystems, while highlighting work already underway. It is hoped the document will serve as a reference for those who are new to blue carbon and those who are seeking to bring a greater focus on blue carbon in their jurisdictions.

The Blue Carbon Handbook: Managing blue carbon as a nature-based solution for supporting sustainable development

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The handbook was developed to provide decision-makers with a broad understanding of blue carbon, and to help support decision-making and project implementation. It covers topics ranging from the sequestration potential of different blue carbon ecosystems to the policy landscape surrounding blue carbon and the carbon market and other financing options for blue carbon projects.

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IPBC Partner International Commitments to Blue Carbon 2024

This overview for 2024 lists IPBC country Partners and their international commitments towards the protection of blue carbon ecosystems, including through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPS) and the designation of Ramsar and UNESCO World Heritage sites.

, 17/02/2024paper report
IPBC Knowledge Exchange #3 - How and Why to include blue carbon in NDCs
IPBC Knowledge Exchange #3 – How and Why to include blue carbon in NDCs

This one hour video brings together leading experts, policymakers and practitioners to explore the multifaceted aspects of integrating blue carbon ecosystems into NDCs, guided by the recently published ‘Blue Carbon and Nationally Determined Contributions: Guidelines on Enhanced Actions.”

15/12/2023video
Blue Carbon Foundations Course
Blue Carbon Foundations Course

The Blue Carbon Foundations Course equips you with the knowledge and skills to understand blue carbon and its relevance to you. The course covers blue carbon science, policy, economics, and other concepts including livelihoods, adaptation, resilience, and communications.

The course is delivered over eight modules, including an introduction to blue carbon ecosystems, related international frameworks, treaties, conventions and agreements, national policy integration, MRV, climate and market finance, project outcomes, communication, and implementation.

 

11/12/2023website
Actionable Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
Actionable Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

As an update to the earlier version published in 2021, this policy brief outlines the blue carbon ecosystems that are currently ‘actionable’ for climate mitigation, based on the best available science and existing management practices. Additionally, this policy brief identifies the ecosystems that are ‘emerging’ and may become actionable in the future (macroalgae, benthic sediments and mudflats), as well as ecosystems that do not currently have a mitigation pathway but offer other critical benefits for climate adaptation and resilience, biodiversity, and livelihoods (such as coral reefs, oyster reefs and marine fauna). This brief does not consider climate mitigation options that move ecosystems further from their natural state and have possible negative impacts on human health and wellbeing, such as kelp afforestation and ocean fertilization. Non-ecosystem-based options for ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) are also not considered in this brief.

04/12/2023policy-brief
Best Practice Guidelines for Mangrove Restoration
Best Practice Guidelines for Mangrove Restoration

The Best Practice Guidelines for Mangrove Restoration brings together the latest accumulated local and scientific knowledge about mangrove restoration best-practices into one comprehensive resource. The aim is to align mangrove practitioners, NGOs, governments, scientists, industry, local communities, and funders around accepted best-practices for science-based and inclusive mangrove restoration.

21/11/2023website
Blue Carbon Project Enabling Conditions Map
Blue Carbon Project Enabling Conditions Map

The Blue Carbon Enabling Policy Conditions map shows the status of national policies related to blue carbon policy development in 21 mangrove countries. Fair Carbon reviews existing legislation, land tenure and carbon rights frameworks, and ongoing policy developments in mangrove countries to identify challenges to project development. This map is meant to help voluntary blue carbon market projects assess feasibility, and determine if projects require additional time and labor overcome legislative or policy hurdles.

21/11/2023website
Blue Carbon 101 Course
Blue Carbon 101 Course

The Blue Carbon 101 course explains how carbon markets work, from what a “carbon credit” is, through how they are produced and traded, and why some sell for higher prices than others. It includes chapters on Introduction to Mangrove Ecosystems, Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Sequestration and Storage, Blue Carbon Offsetting, Implementing Mangrove Carbon Projects, Article 6 and NDCs.

21/11/2023website
Blue Carbon Nationally Determined Contributions
Blue Carbon Nationally Determined Contributions

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) contain the strategies and targets of countries worldwide to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Activities to reach their goals are widespread and range from scaling-up renewable energy infrastructure to restoring carbon storing ecosystems such as forests, mangroves, or blue carbon ecosystems. The inclusion of blue carbon ecosystems in NDCs indicates the country’s intention to accelerate the conservation and restoration of mangroves, seagrass, and salt marsh.

16/11/2023website
Global Blue Carbon Project Map
Global Blue Carbon Project Map

The Fair Carbon blue carbon project map allows easy discovery of publicly registered blue carbon projects across multiple voluntary carbon market registries. Projects in development, undergoing validation and fully accredited are all shown. Pre-registration and concept stage sites are omitted unless the project proponent specifically requests inclusion.

16/11/2023website
IPBC Overview Report on Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems in International Frameworks and Conventions - Sept 2023
IPBC Overview Report on Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems in International Frameworks and Conventions – Sept 2023

This document provides an overview of the main international frameworks and conventions that address the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of coastal blue carbon ecosystems. Some of these frameworks and conventions specifically include coastal blue carbon ecosystems as part of their Parties’ commitments, while others guide action towards other objectives that are strictly interconnected with coastal blue carbon ecosystems, such as the conservation of critical habitats and specific ecosystem types.

04/10/2023policy-brief
Decades of Mangrove Forest Change: What Does it Mean for Nature, People and the Climate?
Decades of Mangrove Forest Change: What Does it Mean for Nature, People and the Climate?, 10/05/2023paper website
Into the Blue - Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests
Into the Blue – Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests10/05/2023report
IPBC Dialogue 2023 Summary Report
IPBC Dialogue 2023 Summary Report, 24/04/2023conference-proceedings report
Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems in International Frameworks and Conventions: Overview Report
Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems in International Frameworks and Conventions: Overview Report08/01/2023report
Blue Forest Finance
Blue Forest Finance

The nations of the Indian Ocean host a substantial proportion of the world’s blue forests and meadows (for example, together they contain almost half of the world’s mangrove forests), but they also include hotspots where the rate of loss of these ecosystems is greatest.

05/12/2022report
Preserving mangroves in Indonesia
Preserving mangroves in Indonesia

With Dr. Frida Sidik, a researcher at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia.

08/01/2022podcast
Implementation of blue carbon offset crediting for seagrass meadows, macroalgal beds, and macroalgae farming in Japan
Implementation of blue carbon offset crediting for seagrass meadows, macroalgal beds, and macroalgae farming in Japan

A review of three blue carbon offset credit projects for seagrass meadows, macroalgal beds, and macroalgae farming implemented in Japan.

08/01/2022paper
Introductory Training on Blue Carbon
Introductory Training on Blue Carbon

This training module provides participants with an introduction to the concept of blue carbon, or the carbon stored and sequestered by coastal marine habitats such as seagrass beds, mangroves, and tidal saltmarshes.

08/01/2022website
Mangrove Mapping for Technicians and Managers
Mangrove Mapping for Technicians and Managers

Two self-paced modules (Mangrove Mapping for Managers; Mangrove Mapping for Technicians) developed by the Commonwealth Secretariat tailored towards Commonwealth government officials and citizens with an interest in learning about: Why map mangroves; The importance of mapping for policy development; Functionality of GIS mapping tools; Strengths and weaknesses of different software options

08/01/2022website
Plan Vivo Standard, V5.0
Plan Vivo Standard, V5.0

The Plan Vivo Standard is a set of requirements used to certify smallholder and community projects based on their climate, livelihoods and environmental benefits. It is the longest-standing carbon Standard in the Voluntary Carbon Market.

08/01/2022manual
Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program
Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program

ArcGIS Story Map by the Blue Carbon Lab on the Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program in the state of Victoria, Australia.

08/01/2022infographic
IPBC Knowledge Exchange 2 - Introduction to financing opportunities for blue carbon
IPBC Knowledge Exchange 2 – Introduction to financing opportunities for blue carbon

This video features a virtual panel session and provides an overview of the different funding paths for blue carbon conservation and restoration activities, including the international carbon market, non-market mechanisms and innovative finance.

08/01/2022video
IPBC Inventory of Blue Carbon Actors
IPBC Inventory of Blue Carbon Actors

The Inventory of Global Blue Carbon Actors which lists the main players in the blue carbon field including intergovernmental agencies, non-governmental organization or global initiative.

08/01/2022paper
Seagrass Community Outreach Video under the Coastal Wetlands and Climate Change Project (SeyCCAT)
Seagrass Community Outreach Video under the Coastal Wetlands and Climate Change Project (SeyCCAT)

Seagrass has been the main blue carbon ecosystem focus for the Coastal Wetlands and Climate Change Project since the project began in January 2020. There have been many community activities throughout the project and the team wanted to ensure it was captured, especially the approval of creole words for Seagrass and its 5 life forms.

08/01/2022video
IPBC Knowledge Exchange 1 - The Do's and Don'ts of Successful Blue Carbon Projects
IPBC Knowledge Exchange 1 – The Do’s and Don’ts of Successful Blue Carbon Projects

This video features a virtual panel session and provides an overview of the different types of blue carbon projects, i.e., conservation and various types of restoration, present methods, best practices and lessons learnt for the implementation of blue carbon restoration or conservation projects, which were designed to lead to carbon credits.

08/01/2022video
The State of the World’s Mangroves
The State of the World’s Mangroves

The State of the World’s Mangroves provides the very latest information on what we know about mangroves and what’s being done to support these magnificent habitats.

08/01/2022report
A National Blue Carbon Action Plan
A National Blue Carbon Action Plan

Opportunities and recommendations for the US Administration and Congress prepared by Restore America’s Estuaries.

08/01/2022policy-brief
Marine Protected Areas as Climate Solutions
Marine Protected Areas as Climate Solutions

ArcGIS Story Map by the US NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center showing how MPAs support climate resilience, mitigation and adaptation.

08/01/2021infographic
Blue Carbon: Integrating Ocean Ecosystems in Global Climate Action
Blue Carbon: Integrating Ocean Ecosystems in Global Climate Action

An overview of blue carbon ecosystems and how they contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation.

08/01/2021policy-brief
Investing for Ocean Impact
Investing for Ocean Impact

A podcast series on the reasons to invest in the ocean.

08/01/2021podcast
Ensuring the Sustainability of Blue Carbon Ecosystems
Ensuring the Sustainability of Blue Carbon Ecosystems

An introduction to the blue carbon initiatives being advanced in Japan.

08/01/2021paper
The Republic of Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ 2050 Carbon Neutrality Scenarios
The Republic of Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ 2050 Carbon Neutrality Scenarios

Massive wildfires, typhoons, heatwaves, and snowstorms caused by global warming have become almost a part of daily life and can be seen easily around the globe. Korea is not immune to such effects of global warming. In Korea, the rate of warming accelerated in recent years, with the average temperature rise for the past 30 years reaching 1.4°C, and the warming is expected to pick up more speed in the coming years.

08/01/2021national-policy
The Republic of Korea’s Enhanced Update of its First Nationally Determined Contribution
The Republic of Korea’s Enhanced Update of its First Nationally Determined Contribution

The enhanced update of the first NDC of the Republic of Korea is set at the most ambitious level possible to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 despite the country’s manufacturing-oriented industry structure.

08/01/2021national-policy
The Blue Carbon Policy Training Course - Module 2
The Blue Carbon Policy Training Course – Module 2

The Blue Carbon Policy Training Course is designed to equip policy makers with the knowledge and skills to identify and develop blue carbon initiatives and projects. The course includes 8 engaging and accessible modules that build key capabilities through self-paced learning, recorded webinars, practical activities, and reflection questions.

08/01/2021video
Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration (VM0033)
Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration (VM0033)

This methodology outlines procedures to quantify net greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals resulting from project activities implemented to restore tidal wetlands.

08/01/2021manual
Coastal Wetlands in National Greenhouse Inventories
Coastal Wetlands in National Greenhouse Inventories

Advice on reporting emissions and removal from management of blue carbon ecosystems.

08/01/2021manual
Blue Carbon in Marine Protected Areas.
Blue Carbon in Marine Protected Areas.

ArcGIS Story Map by the US NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center based on the report “Blue Carbon in Marine Protected Areas (Part 1 and Part 2)”.

08/01/2021infographic
Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium of Blue Carbon
Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium of Blue Carbon

Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium of Blue Carbon at the PEMSEA East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2021 and 2021 World Ocean Week in Xiamen, China.

08/01/2021conference-proceedings
Manual for the Creation of Blue Carbon Projects in Europe and the Mediterranean
Manual for the Creation of Blue Carbon Projects in Europe and the Mediterranean

This manual intends to provide knowledge-based guidance for developing project-based interventions using the carbon finance mechanisms to improve seagrass and coastal wetland conditions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Complementary to this, it can be used for other interventions such as addressing how to robustly quantify blue carbon stocks to identify gains and losses and inform national greenhouse gas inventories.

08/01/2021manual
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Blue Carbon Policy Training Course – Module 5

Module 5 looks at climate finance and carbon markets, and how these are relevant to blue carbon.

08/01/2021video
Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems in International Frameworks and Conventions Overview Report
Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems in International Frameworks and Conventions Overview Report

This document provides an overview of the main international frameworks and conventions that address the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of coastal blue carbon ecosystems.

08/01/2021report
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Coastal Wetlands in National Greenhouse Inventories

By incorporating coastal wetland (or blue carbon) ecosystems into National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (NGGIs), countries can improve the continual monitoring and reporting of the condition of these ecosystems and recognise the valuable contribution they provide to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

08/01/2021manual
The first national scale evaluation of organic carbon stocks and sequestration rates of coastal sediments along the West Sea, South Sea, and East Sea of South Korea
The first national scale evaluation of organic carbon stocks and sequestration rates of coastal sediments along the West Sea, South Sea, and East Sea of South Korea

This study reports current organic carbon stocks and sequestration rates in the coastal areas of West Sea, South Sea, and East Sea of South Korea, encompassing entire intertidal areas using long-term field survey combined with remote sensing technology.

08/01/2021paper
Mães do Mangue - Ep. 01 (Portuguese)
Mães do Mangue – Ep. 01 (Portuguese)

A campanha Mães do Mangue tem como ponto de partida as histórias de vida das mulheres extrativistas, da costa amazônica paraense, que tem os manguezais como lugar de orgulho e pertencimento. Elas e suas famílias têm uma atuação fundamental para mitigar a crise climática, propondo soluções comunitárias e se tornando verdadeiras guardiãs dos mangues brasileiros.

08/01/2021video
Restored mangrove forests in Perancak Estuary, Bali: 17 years of mangrove restoration in abandoned aquaculture ponds
Restored mangrove forests in Perancak Estuary, Bali: 17 years of mangrove restoration in abandoned aquaculture ponds

This book highlights the milestones achieved over the 17 years of restoration of mangrove forests in Perancak Estuary, Indonesia (2004-2021). It also provides a synopsis of research and observation, public outreach and other activities related to mangrove ecosystem in the Indonesian Institute of Marine Research and Observation since 2004.

08/01/2021report
The Economic Value of America's Estuaries
The Economic Value of America’s Estuaries

A report prepared by TBD Economics LLC and the Center for the Blue Economy.

08/01/2021report
Blue Carbon in Marine Protected Areas: Part 2.
Blue Carbon in Marine Protected Areas: Part 2.

This is a case study of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, USA, which is part of a series to inform and guide MPA managers in the assessment, protection, and management of blue carbon habitats and processes.

08/01/2021report
Blue Carbon in Marine Protected Areas: Part 1.
Blue Carbon in Marine Protected Areas: Part 1.

This review is Part 1 of a series to inform and guide MPA managers in the assessment, protection, and management of blue carbon habitats and processes.

08/01/2021report
Global Wetland Outlook
Global Wetland Outlook08/01/2021report
Realizing the full potential of marine and coastal wetlands: Why their restoration matters
Realizing the full potential of marine and coastal wetlands: Why their restoration matters

A factsheet on how the Convention on Wetlands supports the restoration of marine and coastal wetlands.

08/01/2021factsheet
Catalyzing sustainable fisheries management through behaviour change interventions
Catalyzing sustainable fisheries management through behaviour change interventions

A peer-reviewed article in Conservation Biology on the impact of a standardized small‐scale fisheries management intervention – Rare’s ‘Fish Forever’ program.

13/01/2020paper
The contribution of blue carbon ecosystems to climate change mitigation
The contribution of blue carbon ecosystems to climate change mitigation

Prepared by the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Convention on Wetlands, this Briefing Note describes the spatial extent, ecological characteristics and condition of coastal blue carbon ecosystems across Ramsar sites.

08/01/2020policy-brief
Mangroves: Amphibious defenders against extreme climate events (25 July 2020)
Mangroves: Amphibious defenders against extreme climate events (25 July 2020)

With Lola Fatoyinbo, physical scientist in the Biospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Steven Paton, Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s physical monitoring program; and Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta, CIFOR’s tropical forest ecologist.

08/01/2020podcast
The carbon on your plate: mangrove and aquaculture (11 July 2020)
The carbon on your plate: mangrove and aquaculture (11 July 2020)

CIFOR Principal Scientist Daniel Murdiyarso and Matt McLuckie, director of Investor Relations at Planet Tracker explore the longstanding clash between mangrove conservation efforts and the aquaculture industry.

08/01/2020podcast
10 Preguntas Para Entender Por Qué Necesitamos Más Manglares, Más Que Nunca (25 July 2020) (Spanish)
10 Preguntas Para Entender Por Qué Necesitamos Más Manglares, Más Que Nunca (25 July 2020) (Spanish)

Tres científicos: Rosa Román de CIFOR, Miguel Cifuentes de CATIE y Jorge Herrera de CINVESTAD responden diez preguntas que aclaran la situación de los manglares en la región y el mundo, sus desafíos y oportunidades.

08/01/2020podcast
IORA Blue Carbon Hub YouTube channel
IORA Blue Carbon Hub YouTube channel

Webinars and training videos from the IORA Blue Carbon Hub.

08/01/2020playlist
The Science of Changing Behaviour for Environmental Outcomes
The Science of Changing Behaviour for Environmental Outcomes

A literature review of the science of changing behaviour for environmental outcomes.

08/01/2020report
REDD+ Methodology Framework (VM0007)
REDD+ Methodology Framework (VM0007)

This methodology provides a set of modules for various components of a methodology for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). This methodology is applicable to forest lands, forested wetlands, forested peatlands and tidal wetlands that would be deforested or degraded in the absence of the project activity.

08/01/2020manual
Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People
Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People08/01/2020report
Blue carbon and peatlands and the role they play at climate talks (9 December 2019)
Blue carbon and peatlands and the role they play at climate talks (9 December 2019)

With Daniel Murdiyarso, CIFOR’s Principal Scientist, at UNFCCC COP25.

08/01/2019podcast
Strategies for Operationalising Nature-Based Solutions in the Private Sector
Strategies for Operationalising Nature-Based Solutions in the Private Sector

This white paper provides guidance to companies looking to adopt and scale nature-based solutions within their organizations.

08/01/2019paper
Guide to Including Nature in NDCs
Guide to Including Nature in NDCs

A guide providing policy-makers with a checklist of information and accounting that is needed to fully consider nature as a part of a country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement, plus national case studies and policy recommendations.

08/01/2019manual
Natural and anthropogenic signatures on sedimentary organic matters across varying intertidal habitats in the Korean waters
Natural and anthropogenic signatures on sedimentary organic matters across varying intertidal habitats in the Korean waters

In this study, sedimentary organic matters in the typical intertidal areas of South Korea were investigated to address year-round monthly distributions and site-specific sources.

08/01/2019paper
Behaviour Change for Nature
Behaviour Change for Nature

This toolkit for practitioners comprises 15 behavioural strategies and numerous case studies.

08/01/2019manual
Behavior Change Interventions in Practice
Behavior Change Interventions in Practice

This document serves as a complement to Rare’s literature review on behavior change interventions specific to the environmental sector, by covering the how of behavioral design.

08/01/2019manual
The Paris Agreement, Carbon Pricing & NCS
The Paris Agreement, Carbon Pricing & NCS

This report examines natural climate solutions in the context of carbon finance, corporate investment and land sector offsets.

08/01/2019report
Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Worksheet
Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Worksheet

Worksheet (A3 – 2 pages) of the IPBC “Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Activity”.

08/01/2018manual
Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Activity
Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Activity

A template for undertaking an assessment of the policy conditions impacting the health and resilience of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and identifying pathways to ensure their long-term conservation for climate action.

08/01/2018manual
Promoting the conservation and wise use of intertidal wetlands and ecologically associated habitats
Promoting the conservation and wise use of intertidal wetlands and ecologically associated habitats

Resolution XIII.20 of the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands “Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future” (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21-29 October 2018).

08/01/2018conference-proceedings
Promoting conservation, restoration and sustainable management of coastal blue carbon ecosystems
Promoting conservation, restoration and sustainable management of coastal blue carbon ecosystems

Resolution XIII.14 of the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands “Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future” (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21-29 October 2018).

08/01/2018conference-proceedings
Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Activity Template
Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Activity Template

A template for undertaking an assessment of the policy conditions impacting the health and resilience of coastal blue carbon ecosystems.

08/01/2018manual
an image of the worksheet
Blue Carbon Assessment Activity Worksheet

An A3 size worksheet to record information during a blue carbon assessment session

08/01/2018
Wetlands exchange - lessons learned
Wetlands exchange – Lessons Learned

The Wetlands Supplement was scoped following recommendations from the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice of the UNFCCC in 2010 and 2011 when gaps in the
2006 Guidelines
were identified.

08/01/2018report
Wetlands exchange – Lessons Learned
Wetlands exchange – Lessons Learned

This document describes the outcomes of a workshop held by the International Partnership for Blue Carbon and University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, July 2018 that addressed the implementation of the IPCC 2013 Wetlands Supplement.

08/01/2018report
Methodology for Rewetting Drained Temperate Peatlands  (VM0036)
Methodology for Rewetting Drained Temperate Peatlands (VM0036)

This methodology outlines procedures to estimate the reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions resulting from project activities implemented to rewet drained peatlands in temperate climatic regions. It allows for the estimation of GHG emissions from drained and rewetted peatlands and also accounts for changes in carbon stocks in selected non-peat carbon pools.

08/01/2017manual
Understanding strategic blue carbon opportunities in East Asian region
Understanding strategic blue carbon opportunities in East Asian region

This report seeks to better understand the status of coastal blue carbon ecosystems in East Asia and raise awareness of the opportunities to include improved management of these ecosystems within climate mitigation and adaptation actions and commitments, including opportunities to access new forms of financing.

08/01/2017report
Coastal blue carbon ecosystems. Opportunities for Nationally Determined Contributions. Policy Brief
Coastal blue carbon ecosystems. Opportunities for Nationally Determined Contributions. Policy Brief

This policy brief outlines how Parties have included coastal blue carbon ecosystems in their INDCs and NDCs (first round).

08/01/2016policy-brief
Coastal blue carbon: An introduction for policy makers
Coastal blue carbon: An introduction for policy makers08/01/2015policy-brief
Coastal Blue Carbon in Practice
Coastal Blue Carbon in Practice

A manual for using the VCS Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration (VM0033).

08/01/2015manual
Guiding principles for delivering coastal wetland carbon projects
Guiding principles for delivering coastal wetland carbon projects

This guidance document supports policy makers, coastal management practitioners and civil society organizations in designing projects and activities in coastal wetlands that synergize adaptation and mitigation objectives.

08/01/2014manual
Blue carbon manual
Blue carbon manual

Manual by the Blue Carbon Initiative aimed at standardizing protocols for sampling methods, laboratory measurements, and analysis of blue carbon stocks and fluxes.

08/01/2014manual
2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplement
2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplement

The Wetlands Supplement extends the content of the “2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories” by filling gaps in the coverage and providing updated information reflecting scientific advances, including updating of emission factors.

08/01/2014manual
Blue Carbon and NDCs: Guidelines on Enhanced Action - 2nd Edition
Blue Carbon and NDCs: Guidelines on Enhanced Action – 2nd Edition

Guidelines produced by the Blue Carbon Initiative to support countries with technical guidance on the multiple avenues for including blue carbon ecosystems within their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement.

, 08/01/2014manual report
Estimation of baseline carbon stock changes and greenhouse gas emissions from unplanned deforestation and unplanned wetland degradation (BL-UP) (VMD0007)
Estimation of baseline carbon stock changes and greenhouse gas emissions from unplanned deforestation and unplanned wetland degradation (BL-UP) (VMD0007)

This module is part of VM0007 and allows for estimating carbon stock changes and GHG emissions related to unplanned deforestation and unplanned wetland degradation in the baseline scenario.

08/01/2010manual
The Blue Carbon Initiative Library
The Blue Carbon Initiative Library

Peer-reviewed publications and reports by the Blue Carbon Initiative.

08/01/2010website