Blue carbon manual – Guidelines for estimating blue carbon stocks

Conservation and restoration of blue forests ecosystems has been increasingly addressed in international and national climate change mitigation policy and finance mechanisms. However, to date, countri[...]

Module 5: What Can We Do to Conserve and Restore Blue Forests? (PDF)

Unfortunately, over the last 20–50 years, 50% of salt marshes, 35% of mangroves, and 29% of seagrasses have been lost. Kelp forests are also facing a global decline in abundance of 1.8% per year. Wh[...]

Module 3: Blue Forests Superpowers (PDF)

Blue forests, such as mangroves, saltmarshes, seagrass, and kelp, are teeming with life and are some of the most diverse habitats on Earth. The value they provide for life above and below water is imm[...]

Module 4: Blue Carbon Fieldwork (PDF)

Citizens can certainly play a role in contributing to blue carbon accounting, conducting field assessments of blue carbon following a scientific standardized protocol and after being trained by profes[...]

Module 2: What are Blue Forests? (PDF)

Blue forests refer to vegetated coastal and marine habitats, namely mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, kelp forests, and saltmarshes. Given their key roles and efficiency in sequestering greenhouse g[...]

Module 1: Ocean Literacy and Climate Change (PDF)

For this module, we will highlight the cognitive learning objectives that help us better understand basic marine ecology, ecosystems, the connection of humanity to the sea and the life it holds, inclu[...]