Advancing Blue Carbon Knowledge: Leveraging Geomatics for Capacity Building through the BlueCARES Project
Authors: Kayziel Martinez, Ariel Blanco, Ayin Tamondong, Christian Candido, and Kazuo Nadaoka
Mangrove forests and seagrass meadows, known as blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), are vital for carbon sequestration and climate mitigation. The BlueCARES project, launched by JICA, focuses on advancing blue carbon research, conservation, and management in the Coral Triangle. It aims to establish a Blue Carbon Strategy and the Blue Carbon Network (BCnet), bringing together stakeholders from various sectors through summits, workshops, and capacity-building initiatives. The project empowers stakeholders to conduct field surveys and implement conservation efforts, ensuring the long-term resilience of BCEs. The Geomatics team supports this through remote sensing and geospatial technologies.
This paper is part of the ISPRS TC V Mid-term Symposium “Insight to Foresight via Geospatial Technologies” on 06-08 August 2024 in Manila, Philippines.
Appropriate citation:
Martinez, K., Blanco, A., Tamondong, A., Candido, C., and Nadaoka, K.: Advancing Blue Carbon Knowledge: Leveraging Geomatics for Capacity Building through the BlueCARES Project, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-5-2024, 55–60, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-5-2024-55-2024, 2024.