Resources

Documents

The Blue Carbon Handbook
Blue forest finance guide – November 2022PDF14 MB
Perth Recommendation on Blue Carbon ManagementPDF133 KB
Jakarta declaration on the Blue EconomyPDF45 KB
CSIRO Blue Carbon Workshop SummaryPDF7 MB
Final report – Blue Carbon Finance Think Tank – 25th – 26th February 2020PDF763 KB
Coastal Blue Carbon methods – The Blue Carbon InitiativePDF6 MB
Guidelines on Mangrove Restoration For the Western Indian Ocean regionPDF16 MB
Out of the blue – The value of seagrasses to the environment and to peoplePDF37 MB
Paper: Raw et al 2021 – Vulnerability to sea-level rise and the potential for restoration to enhance blue carbon storage in salt marshes of an urban estuary
State of the worlds mangroves 2021 – Global Mangrove AlliancePDF24 MB

Think Tank – final reports

Final Report – IORA Blue Carbon Hub Think Tank 2021: Nature Based Solutions for Coastal Risk ReductionPDF1 MB
Final Report – Earth Observation for an Indian Ocean Blue Economy 2022 – Consultation WorkshopPDF9 MB
Final Report – IORA Blue Carbon Hub Think Tank 2023: Nature-based Solutions for Adaption to Climate Risks in the Coastal ZonePDF994 KB
Final Report – IORA Blue Carbon Hub Think Tank – 2024: Nature, biodiversity and carbon markets for sustainable management of coastal ecosystemsPDF785 KB

Presentations

  • Speaker presentations – from the workshop ‘Earth observation for an Indian Ocean Blue Economy’ – November 2021
mangroves seedlings

Mangroves thrive in environments ill-suited to other plants.

Websites

Videos

IORA YouTube channel

Training videos

Transcript available from: https://www.csiro.au/en/about/policies/legal/accessibility

How to core a seagrass meadow to measure organic carbon.

Transcript available from: https://www.csiro.au/en/about/policies/legal/accessibility

Calculating compression

Transcript available from: https://www.csiro.au/en/about/policies/legal/accessibility

Slicing a core in the Laboratory