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Comprehensive Assessment and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems and Their Services in the Coral Triangle (Blue CARES)

Environment / Energy (Global-scale environmental issues)

Republic of the Philippines Republic of Indonesia

Finished

Comprehensive Assessment and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems and Their Services in the Coral Triangle (Blue CARES)

Contribute to the conservation of coastal ecosystems and mitigation of global warming through blue carbon !

Principal Investigator

- Specially Appointed Prof.
  NADAOKA Kazuo
  School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Prof. Rene Rollon
  Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Dr. Meuthia Aula Jabbar
  Associate Professor, Jakarta Technical University of Fisheries, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Indonesia

ODA Recipient Country

Republic of the Philippines ／Republic of Indonesia

Research Institutions in Japan

Tokyo Institute of Technology / The University of Tokyo / Hokkaido University / Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute / Nagoya University / Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)

Research Institutions in Counterpart Country

Philippines: University of the Philippines Diliman
Indonesia: Jakarta Technical University of Fisheries, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Indonesia

Adoption fiscal year

FY 2016

Research Period

5 Years

Overview of the Research Project

Elucidation of blue carbon dynamics and assessment of ecosystem services based on new methodologies and framework
Focusing on blue carbon, which is biological carbon sequestrated by coastal-marine ecosystems, in the Philippines and Indonesia located in the Coral Triangle as the world center of biodiversity, this project aims to evaluate and predict the functions and dynamics of the blue carbon ecosystems for the carbon capture and sequestration. For this purpose, we will develop an innovative and integrated monitoring/modeling system and carry out the comprehensive assessment of blue carbon ecosystem services. In addition, a “core-and-network” system will be built for sustainable nation-wide network-based monitoring and associated human resource development.

Establish and propose “Blue Carbon Strategy” and develop a framework for its implementation
Based on various surveys, model system development and analyses, the project will establish and propose “Blue Carbon Strategy”, with its effective implementation scheme arrangement, as a local-global integrated