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Out of the Blue - Maps & Graphics

By Blue Forests Project

July 6^th, 2020

Maps and Graphics from UNEP's Out Of the Blue report that synthesises current knowledge of seagrass ecosystems, highlights the many values they provide to people, and offers policy recommendations that fully recognise these values.

All the seagrass maps and grpahics are avilable here:

https://www.grida.no/resources/13593

The Climate Regulation Value Provided by Seagrasses in Gazi Bay, Kenya to Different Regions Across the Globe

The beneficiaries of seagrass sequestration and storage of atmospheric carbon are the global population, given that regulating and mitigating climate change provide global benefits. To what extent people benefit from this service will likely vary among countries, with benefits depending on the population’s vulnerability to climate change, countries’ investment regimes and gross domestic product. This example illustrates the global benefits of climate regulation provided by tropical seagrasses in Gazi Bay, Kenya.

Steps for Community-Based Voluntary Carbon Markets Projects

Sequence of objectives and processes needed across the technical, institutional and social domains during the development and running of community-based voluntary carbon markets projects. Objectives are shown in circles and processes in arrows. These sequences are based on the Mikoko Pamoja case study.

Seagrass in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Seagrasses support both nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The establishment of Nationally Determined Contributions provides a forum for each nation to outline self-determined steps they will take to achieve emissions reductions. As of September 2019, only 10 countries include an explicit reference to seagrasses, with 8 referring to adaptation and 5 referring to mitigation, though these do not necessarily include a measurable target.