The MACBLUE project is about strengthening coastal biodiversity conservation and management through the protection and rehabilitation incentives for coastal carbon sinks in Pacific Island countries specifically in Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The project will utilize innovative remote sensing approaches to map the extent of Seagrass and Mangrove (SaM) in the 4 project countries and will assess and model related carbon storage capacity, emission potential and ecosystem services. The resulting data will allow inventories of associated natural capital and will support government partners in their efforts to strategically develop and implement conservation, management and rehabilitation efforts. Based on effective mapping and analysis of the carbon sequestration and storage of SaM, Governments will be assisted to establish nationally appropriate incentives for sustainable management and rehabilitation efforts as part of NDCs, NAPs and other policy and strategic documents.
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