As countries look towards a post-COVID-19 future and consider options for supporting economic, environmental and social sustainability, plans are under way for the ‘Blue Carbon Restoration in southern Clarendon, Jamaica’ project, which will seek to restore over 1,000 hectares of degraded mangrove forest and boost ecosystem-based livelihood opportunities.
The agreement signed by Therese Turner-Jones, IDB’s general manager of the Caribbean Country Department and Jamaica Country Representative, and Professor Terrence Forrester, chief scientist at SODECO, will enhance Jamaica’s ability to adapt and increase its resilience to climate change through a technical assistance programme on mangrove restoration.
The initiative is the first of its kind in a series of blue carbon projects in Latin America and the Caribbean to be implemented by the IDB under its UK Blue Carbon Fund through its Natural Capital Lab and Sustainable Islands programmes.
The fund was designed to promote the sustainable management of mangrove forests, as well as accelerate the Blue Economy and sustainable development in countries with important mangrove ecosystems in the Caribbean and Latin America.
“This project is the latest in a series of investments by the UK Government in the interest of Jamaica’s Blue Economy.
