Transformative Partnership Platform
Blue Carbon Deck
Innovative collaborations for wetlands
Background
Mangroves, tidal marshes, seagrass, seaweed and other coastal and marine ecosystems capture and store ‘blue carbon’ – which holds exciting potential for wetlands-rich countries to meet their national climate goals. But to counter the rapidly escalating threats to these fragile and under-researched ecosystems, we urgently need to advance our understanding of them through knowledge-sharing and collaboration.
What is Blue Carbon Deck?
The Blue Carbon Deck is a Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP) designed to bring together the multiple initiatives around blue carbon to become the go-to source on blue carbon for researchers, civil society and practitioners working in coastal communities.
Hosted by the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), the platform will ensure that programmes and projects are guided by the latest science while maintaining a focus on the particular challenges faced by people and foundation ecosystems. Having established a long-term and flourishing network of individuals and agencies across the globe, CIFOR-ICRAF is uniquely suited to hosting this new collaboration.
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Berbagi Pengalaman Kegiatan Rehabilitasi Mangrove
Tantangan dan harapan dalam rehabilitasi mangrove
Kabar Hutan mewawancarai Lely Puspitasari, Spesialis Pemangku Kepentingan dan Kemitraan dari Yayasan Hutan Biru. Dalam wawancara ini, Lely berbagi pengalaman tentang rehabilitasi mangrove di tingkat tapak, termasuk tantangan dan harapan akan sinergi antar pemangku kepentingan untuk pengelolaan mangrove yang berkelanjutan.
“Together, we can turn the tide”: protecting Indonesia’s blue carbon
For Indonesia, the burgeoning blue carbon market holds promise – and challenges
With around 18,000 islands and almost 100,000 kilometres of coastline, it makes sense that the archipelagic nation of Indonesia has particular interest in conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of blue carbon ecosystems.
How to get carbon markets right
Carbon markets have been variously lauded as a critical part of addressing the climate crisis, and criticized as empty greenwash. Either way, they’re moving some serious cash: the global carbon credit market traded value was almost USD 1 trillion in 2022, and is tipped to reach USD 2.68 trillion by 2028.
Forests news
New ‘blue carbon’ platform elevates neglected carbon-rich ecosystems
Blue Carbon Deck brings together research and practice to improve management and promote investment
Mangroves, tidal marshes, seagrass, seaweed as well as other coastal and marine ecosystems capture and store large amounts of organic carbon – regularly outdoing the sequestration capacity of standing forests.
