The NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory Project facilitated a workshop to support mangrove management in Palau

A participant speaks at the workshop. Credit: Lauren Wenzel/MPA Center

The NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory (BCI) Project facilitated a three-day workshop in Palau in support of mangrove management. The NOAA BCI Project is a Department of State-funded multi-agency initiative to support partner countries’ efforts to include coastal wetlands in their greenhouse gas accounting and enhance the management of these critical ecosystems. The Climate Program Office’s Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) Program leads the NOAA BCI Project in partnership with NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Center. The recent workshop was part of an ongoing partnership between NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and National Ocean Service focused on building climate resilience and adaptation in islands throughout the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian Oceans in support of the President’s Emergency Plan on Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE).