This study explored the use of a state-of-the-art collection of high-quality in situ datasets, following best practices13 to inform biomass estimates derived through remote sensing. The intention was to...
Building on the World Bank’s Blue Economy approach, which calls for the sustainable and integrated development of economic sectors in a healthy ocean, this report presents lessons learned from expanding...
Blue Carbon ecosystems, as powerful carbon sinks, can play a vital role in this change by supporting economies, jobs, and livelihoods. For these reasons, the World Bank Group prepared the flagship report...
Blue Carbon encompasses the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, including mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass meadows, macroalgae (such as kelp), and benthic sediments, recognized for providing...
The bioeconomy refers to activities that convert biological materials from agriculture, forests, the marine environment, and waste, into products, processes and services that have a net beneficial effect...
The bioeconomy can be understood as an economy where the basic building blocks for materials, chemicals, and energy come from renewable, bio-based resources. A circular-bioeconomy is a model of production...
The development objective of Leveraging Eco-Tourism for Biodiversity Protection Project for Dominica is to improve management of Dominica’s three national parks and the Waitukubuli. This project consists...
The development objective of the Biocarbon Fund Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement Project for Zambia is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the forest landscapes involving agriculture and forestry...
The development objective of the Biocarbon Fund Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement Project for Zambia is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the forest landscapes involving agriculture and forestry...
The development objective of the Biocarbon Fund Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement Project for Zambia is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the forest landscapes involving agriculture and forestry...
The development objective of the Biocarbon Fund Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement Project for Zambia is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the forest landscapes involving agriculture and forestry...
The belief that stable forests need to be conserved reflects their extensive contributions to carbon sequestration, hydrology, biodiversity, climate, culture, and society. Stable forests are mostly excluded...
Despite the significant potential of soil to sequester organic carbon, there are challenges to implementing carbon sequestration projects. For example, changes in soil carbon can be relatively small in...
The objective of the project is to improve the resilience of the populations and of production systems to climate change and variability in targeted communes. The project describes mainly SLM practices...
The program will support the plan of the Kazakhstan government to substantially increase beef production and meat exports in a sustainable way. The WB will be disbursed upon the achievement of results...