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Guidelines NBCS

The National Blue Carbon Strategy of Costa Rica (NBCS) is a pioneering political instrument. The first of its kind, it establishes a framework integrating actions related to the management, conservation, and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems (BCE) and wetlands with carbon capture potential to promote a model that benefits communities directly dependent on the ecosystem services BCEs provide.

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National Blue Carbon Strategy

Mangrove conservation has offered alternative livelihoods and leadership roles to women in coastal areas of Costa Rica. With the support of the Swarovski Foundation, we have: -Restored degraded mangrove areas and improved mangrove conservation -Strengthened the leadership of the women of Chira Island -Promoted sustainable alternative livelihoods

 

Chira Island: mangroves and new development alternatives (extended version)

Mangrove conservation has offered alternative livelihoods and leadership roles to women in coastal areas of Costa Rica. With the support of the Swarovski Foundation, we have: -Restored degraded mangrove areas and improved mangrove conservation -Strengthened the leadership of the women of Chira Island -Promoted sustainable alternative livelihoods

 

Mangrove restoration
 

Mangrove conservation has offered alternative livelihoods and leadership roles to women in coastal areas of Costa Rica. With the support of the Swarovski Foundation, we have: -Restored degraded mangrove areas and improved mangrove conservation -Strengthened the leadership of the women of Chira Island -Promoted sustainable alternative livelihoods

 

Blue Carbon
 

Mangrove conservation has offered alternative livelihoods and leadership roles to women in coastal areas of Costa Rica. With the support of the Swarovski Foundation, we have: -Restored degraded mangrove areas and improved mangrove conservation -Strengthened the leadership of the women of Chira Island -Promoted sustainable alternative livelihoods

 

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing - Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

Mangrove conservation has offered alternative livelihoods and leadership roles to women in coastal areas of Costa Rica. With the support of the Swarovski Foundation, we have: -Restored degraded mangrove areas and improved mangrove conservation -Strengthened the leadership of the women of Chira Island -Promoted sustainable alternative livelihoods