Mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, saltwater marshes – these and other ‘blue forests’ are vital to coastal and island communities around the world
61,000 ha of mangroves are conserved and sustainably managed under conservation agreements. An additional 60,000 ha are protected mangrove areas.
Mitigation of
climate change
Located in the Gulf of Guayaquil in southern Ecuador, Blue Forests Project partnered with Conservation International (CI), an international non-profit organization with a presence in Ecuador since 2001.
The project aims to facilitate a sustainable, long-term mangrove conservation agreement program to conserve the mangroves and protect them from degradation. Community associations make an important contribution to poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation in the area.
CI in Ecuador focused on mainstreaming information about mangrove ecosystem services into national policy frameworks and developing useful concepts, language and tools for policymakers to take actions on sustainable mangrove conservation and restoration.
This page is an overview of the Gulf of Guayaquil Blue Forests Project. For an in-depth version of the Ecuador case study, click here.
Ecuador
Coastal blue carbon ecosystems have the potential to annually capture 0.5%-2% of the atmospheric carbon emitted globally.
Mitigating
climate change
Ecuador
Ecuador
Aerial Views Ecuador Shrimp Ponds
Biodiversity of the Ecuador site
Aerial Mangroves of Ecaudor
