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Mikoko Pamoja

📍 Kenia · 2012 · Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES)

Scale
local
subnational
national
systemic

Description

Community-based mangrove conservation and restoration project in Gazi Bay that sells blue carbon credits under the Plan Vivo standard. It was the world's first blue carbon project to trade mangrove credits; revenues fund both forest monitoring and replanting and community projects for water, school books and education.

Linked evidence

Mikoko Pamoja: A Demonstrably Effective Community-Based Blue Carbon Project in KenyaCapítulo 24 en 'Sustainable Development, Leadership, and Innovations' (CRC Press). Copia en ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345515946 · 2019EvidenceMikoko Pamoja (Kenya) - Equator Initiative Case StudyUNDP Equator Initiative · 2020EvidenceKeys to successful blue carbon projects: Lessons learned from global case studiesMarine Policy, Elsevier · 2016Evidence