Presented by Daniel Murdiyarso, Principal Scientist CIFOR-ICRAF, at Wetlands Knowledge Exchange, 2 August 2021.

1. Daniel Murdiyarso
Restoring Blue Carbon

2. Blue Carbon ecosystems

3. Large carbon stores
Donato et al. 2011 (Nat. Geosci.)

4. Sasmito et al. 2020 (GCB)
Land-use trajectory

5. Restoration:
a human imperative

6. Is it worth it?
• Investing $1.8 trillion for
adaptation over the next
decade
o produce net benefits > $7 trillion
o enhance climate change
resilience
• Restoring and conserving
mangroves is one of the
option
o protect about 18 million people
from coastal flooding
o boost fishery productivity
(Global Commission on Adaptation, 2019)

7. Ecotourism

8. Macreade et al. Nature Comm (2019)
Mangrove total ecosystem values

9. • REDD+
• NAMA
• NDC
Blue Carbon and
Paris Agreement

10. Blue Carbon and SDG

11. Fish and invertebrate
stocks
Coral bleaching
Ocean acidification
C-stocks restoration
Blue Carbon and
Aichi Targets

13. Thank you
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