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Project • CBA2020-05SY-Kohsaka

Enhancing capacities of local stakeholders in Coral Triangle in managing Blue Carbon Ecosystems for climate mitigation and adaptation

The project will conduct capacity development and be aspired from SDGs and APN goals, including transdisciplinary approaches (i.e. involving communities, practitioners, and scientists) to empower local community and sustainably use BCEs. Through capacity development, this project aims to create trans-disciplinary science-based assessment methods for sustainable BCE management. Relevant policy implications and recommendations will be provided in the last phase of the project, collaborating with national and local governmental bodies. BCEs are abundantly located and subjected to various anthropogenic and natural threats in Asian countries. The coral triangle region, which includes Philippines and Indonesia, has one of the largest BCEs in the world. Sustainable BCE managements in the region can contribute to local mitigation and adaptation practices and global mitigation strategies as well as enhancing BCEs’ multi functions including carbon stocks, disaster risk reduction, and local livelihood.

Professor Ryo Kohsaka, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Jay Mar Quevedo, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Ms. Campanero Fe, Assistant Municipal Tourism Officer, Balangiga

Project publications

Peer-reviewed publication • 2024

A multi-framework analysis of stakeholders perceptions in developing a localized blue carbon ecosystems strategy in Eastern Samar, Philippines

Report • 2023

Project final report: CBA2020-05SY-Kohsaka

Peer-reviewed publication • 2023

Understanding community awareness of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation in marine protected areas: A case study of Karimunjawa National Park

Peer-reviewed publication • 2023

Spatial characterization of cultural ecosystem services in the Ishigaki Island of Japan: A comparison between residents and tourists

Peer-reviewed publication • 2023

Progress of blue carbon research: 12 years of global trends based on content analysis of peer-reviewed and ‘gray literature’ documents

Peer-reviewed publication • 2023

Participatory stakeholder assessment for drivers of mangrove loss to prioritise evidence-based conservation and restoration in Bhitarkanika and Mahanadi Delta, India

Peer-reviewed publication • 2023

Applying the DPSIR framework to qualitatively assess the globally important mangrove ecosystems of Indonesia: A review towards evidence-based policymaking approaches

Peer-reviewed publication • 2022

Potential of seagrass habitat restorations as nature-based solutions: Practical and scientific implications in Indonesia

Peer-reviewed publication • 2022

Understanding rural and urban perceptions of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation strategies in the Philippines

Peer-reviewed publication • 2022

Tourism impacts on small island ecosystems: public perceptions from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia

Peer-reviewed publication • 2021

Are Municipalities Ready for Integrating Blue Carbon Concepts?: Content Analysis of Coastal Management Plans in the Philippines

Peer-reviewed publication • 2021

Linking blue carbon ecosystems with sustainable tourism: Dichotomy of urban–rural local perspectives from the Philippines