Can Blue Carbon Initiatives Help Conserve Mangroves in Developing Countries?

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Brunnschweiler, Christa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-6433 and Luisetti, Tiziana (2021) Can Blue Carbon Initiatives Help Conserve Mangroves in Developing Countries? In: Climate and Development. World Scientific Series on Environmental, Energy and Climate Economics, 1 . World Scientific, 415–438. ISBN 978-981-124-054-6

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Abstract

Mangrove forests are important global carbon sinks, and offer other, local ecosystem services such as fish nurseries and sources of firewood and building materials. Most mangroves are located in developing countries, where – despite widespread legal protection – they are in severe decline mainly due to human pressure. We investigate whether and how blue carbon initiatives can help conserve and restore mangroves in developing countries. We focus on financing and stakeholder involvement through the lens of scalability, and discuss which designs are likely to be successful for the rapid, large-scale projects needed to face the current climate change emergency. We make three suggestions: first, in the design phase, large-scale projects should combine the use of qualitative, participatory methods, which have proved effective for stakeholder involvement in small projects, with more quantitative, survey and experimental methods for faster, evidence-based solutions. Second, the financial product chosen for a blue carbon project must be supported by local communities if it is to be successful in the long term. And third, bundling ecosystem services together is more likely to achieve financial returns that are high enough to facilitate the crucial stakeholder support at community and higher levels.

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 29 Jul 2021 23:39
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2022 08:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80888
DOI: 10.1142/12376

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