Belize: A Blue Carbon Readiness Assessment

doi:https://doi.org/10.1596/42360

Publication:
Belize: A Blue Carbon Readiness Assessment

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2024-11-05T14:20:55Z
dc.date.available	2024-11-05T14:20:55Z
dc.date.issued	2024-11-05
dc.description.abstract	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 vital ecosystem services that benefit humanity. These ecosystems contribute to climate change mitigation by burying three to five times more carbon per unit of area than tropical forests, while also offering adaptation benefits such as flood and storm protection, freshwater filtration, soil fertilization, and food production. Despite their economic, environmental, and social importance, Blue Carbon ecosystems (BCEs) face severe pressure from a range of degradation drivers, including agriculture, aquaculture, infrastructure, and urban development. Rapid and substantial action is needed to scale protection and restoration measures and provide the necessary funding. Studies have shown that the benefits of Blue Carbon initiatives, environmental, social, and economic, far surpass associated costs. However, bringing about these changes requires substantial resources in data, science, finance, and tailored regulatory and institutional interventions. Governments, in their role as regulators, administrators, law enforcers, landowners, and social and economic mediators, are center stage in this process. With the pressing need to tackle climate mitigation, enhance climate resilience, and transition to a more productive and resilient Blue Economy, this report examines the readiness of Belize to facilitate, catalyze, and scale up public and private investments in coastal Blue Carbon, including through the international carbon markets.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099092624201530564/P50097512947dd09b1b9f91319a258920fb
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/42360
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42360
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	CLIMATE ACTION
dc.subject	BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS (BCES)
dc.subject	PROTECTION AND RESTORATION MEASURES
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
dc.title	Belize: A Blue Carbon Readiness Assessment	en
dc.type	Report
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Belize: A Blue Carbon Readiness Assessment
okr.date.disclosure	2024-11-05
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-07T08:15:56.341487Z
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-08T16:07:05.387654Z
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-09T02:48:52.957149Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-10-04T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other Environmental Study
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
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okr.identifier.docmid	P500975-2947ddc8-65aa-489b-b9f9-319a258920fb
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/42360
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	34395933
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okr.identifier.report	193741
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099092624201530564/pdf/P50097512947dd09b1b9f91319a258920fb.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Belize
okr.topic	Environment::Adaptation to Climate Change
okr.topic	Environment::Coastal and Marine Environment
okr.topic	Environment::Carbon Policy and Trading
okr.topic	Environment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.unit	Planet - GLOBAL ENR PM (SENGL)