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The CCLME and bordering countries
Source: International Waters Learning Exchange & Resource Network, iwlearn.net/iw-projects/1909/maps_graphics/canary-current... view (accessed August 1 2016). Map data: Google, INEGI Imagery, 2016 TerraMetrics.
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The GCLME and bordering countries
Source: International Waters Learning Exchange & Resource Network iwlearn.net/iw-projects/1188/maps_graphics/gulf-of-guinea... (accessed August 1, 2016). Map data: Google Imagery, 2016 NASA, TerraMetrics.
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The BCLME and bordering countries
Source: International Waters Learning Exchange & Resource Network, iwlearn.net/iw-projects/789/maps_graphics/benguela-curren... (accessed August 1, 2016). Map data: Google Imagery, 2016 NASA, TerraMetrics.
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Blue Carbon Financing of Mangrove Conservation In The Abidjan Convention Region
The coast of West, Central and Southern Africa contains approximately 14 per cent of the world’s mangrove area.
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Relative fishing activity, population pressure, mangrove biomass and oil rigs in West, Central and Southern Africa
Sources: Relative fishing activity was determined as the sum of normalized stressor magnitude values calculated for artisanal, demersal, and pelagic fishing activities in 2006…
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Population density in West, Central and Southern Africa, urban areas, major ports, and mangrove coverage
Source: Global population density grid for 2000 (Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University and Centro Internacional de Agricultura…
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Differences in reported mangrove area estimates, by source
Sources: Corcoran, Ravilious et al. (2007); Spalding, Kainuma et al.( 2010); Giri, Ochieng et al. (2011); Fatoyinbo and Simard (2013); Hamilton and Casey (2016);…
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Distribution of blue carbon environments in West, Central and Southern Africa: mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses
Sources: Mangrove coverage for 1999-2000 (Fatoyinbo and Simard, 2013); salt marsh coverage (Halpern, Walbridge et al. 2008); seagrass coverage (Green and Short, 2003; UNEP-WCMC…
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Flow chart of the movement of mangrove wood from forest to home
(Arrows indicate movement of wood: Boxes and lines indicate dual or multiple roles each line represents a transaction cost).
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Main climate (dark) and biodiversity-related (light) finance mechanisms for blue carbon payments
Source: (Herr, Agardy et al., 2015), Figure 3, page 14.
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Global biophysical mangrove data coverage
Note: Red marks show locations reported in Hutchison, Manica et al. (2014) where carbon stock or flux data is available; blue marks show locations…
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Global averages for carbon pools (soil organic carbon and living biomass) of selected coastal vegetated habitats
Source: (Pendleton, Murray et al., 2014) Note: Only the top metre of soil is included in the soil carbon estimates. Tropical forests are included…