International Waters learning Exchange & Resource Network

Handover of the Fresh and Salty report to Pak Heru (Head off REDD+ Indonesia)

03 Apr 2015 | by bluecarbonportal.org
Wetlands have been the focus of conservation and restoration efforts for over a century, and governments, international actors (NGOs and academia) and local communities around the world are now increasingly engaging in wetland restoration or avoiding wetland degradation activities for climate change mitigation. Yet despite the rapidly growing attention on wetland activities for climate mitigation, finding the appropriate funding sources to set up a wetland carbon project or develop a national wetland carbon program is often a challenge.

IUCN, together with Conservation International and Wetlands International, has produced a report called “Keep it Fresh or Salty – An introductory guide to financing wetland carbon programs and projects”. It has been co-financed by the GEF Blue Forest project.