Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018.
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 am (time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the Secretariat, LEDS LAC Platform.
Development and state of the art of blue carbon initiatives: from global to national level. Tania E. Romero G. Researcher, Ramsar Regional Center for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere (CREHO), and Environment Specialist, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the REDD program of Panama. | Download presentation
Experiences of Colombia in the methodological development of REDD+ type projects in mangrove ecosystems. Paula Cristina Sierra-Correa. Head of Research and Information for Marine and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine and Coastal Research (INVEMAR), Colombia. | Download presentation
About the webinar
The term Blue Carbon refers to the carbon stored in marine-coastal ecosystems. It is estimated that these ecosystems sequester up to five times more carbon than terrestrial forests, so their proper management is an important measure to mitigate climate change, with benefits also associated with adaptation, biodiversity conservation and food security, among many other topics. The measurement of blue carbon reserves is a fundamental element for the development of policies and projects aimed at linking the sustainable management of mangroves and other marine-coastal ecosystems to global mitigation efforts, taking advantage of opportunities to channel resources from mechanisms such as REDD+ and carbon markets.
In this webinar, an overview of the state of the art of blue carbon initiatives at an international and national level, its actors and genesis will be presented, as well as two experiences of the Latin American region in the development of projects in this field. The case of INVEMAR in Colombia, which has developed methodologies for REDD + projects in mangrove ecosystems and the work of CREHO in conjunction with national and international partners in the Bay of Jiquilisco and the Jaltepeque estuary in El Salvador, where a strengthening process was developed of national capacities to estimate carbon stocks and fluxes at the ecosystem level and landscapes in mangrove swamps and land coverings near the lower Lempa.
The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
She has a degree in Biology with an Orientation in Animal Biology from the University of Panama and a master's in international studies in Tropical Aquatic Ecology from the University of Bremen and the Center for Tropical Marine Research in Germany (ZMT). Tania Romero worked as an environmental specialist for UNDP, where she also led the carbon measurement component in the project "Protection of reserves and carbon sinks in the Mangroves and Protected Areas of Panama". In addition, she also collaborated in the development of the "Central American Manual for the measurement of blue carbon in mangroves". She is currently a researcher at the Ramsar Regional Center, where she advises the process of measuring carbon in the Gulf of Fonseca, within the Project "Improvement of Coastal Watersheds and Livelihoods".she is a marine biologist, has a PhD on marine ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. She develops her MSc on geo-informatics and Coastal Zone Management at ITC - Twente University, The Netherlands. Since 1996 she works at INVEMAR. She was a part of the team that elaborated the coastal zone policy in Colombia. She is a leader of European Union Action on mangroves, seagrasses and local communities at the Caribbean (MAPCO initials in Spanish). Since 2015 she is a Coordinator of Regional Training Center for Latin America into the OTGA strategy of IODE-IOC-UNESCO and active research at Caribbean Marine Atlas linked with CLME+ as an Atlas option for follow the state of marine environment at the Caribbean Region.