Blue Carbon Financing of Mangrove Conservation in the Abidjan Convention Region: A Feasibility Study

Blue Carbon Financing of Mangrove Conservation in the Abidjan Convention Region: A Feasibility Study

Editor: Tanya Bryan, GRID-Arendal

Co-editor: Abou Bamba, Coordinator, Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern Africa Region (Abidjan Convention) Authors: John Virdin, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Tibor Vegh, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Connie Y. Kot, Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Jesse Cleary, Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Patrick N. Halpin, Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Christopher Gordon, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem, IRD (French Institute of Research for Development, UMR PALOC, IRD/MNHN, Université Sorbonne, Paris, France Adelina Mensah, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana Reviewer: Linwood Pendleton, Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership and Université de Bretagne Occidentale Yannick Beaudoin, Chief Scientist, GRID-Arendal

Suggested citation: UNEP 2016. Blue Carbon Financing of Mangrove Conservation in the Abidjan Convention Region: A Feasibility Study. United Nations Environment Programme, Abidjan Convention Secretariat and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi, Abidjan and Arendal.

ISBN: 978-82-7701-163-9

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