This course introduces the core concepts of blue carbon, including mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal wetlands, and their role in climate mitigation, biodiversity, and livelihoods. You can expect to explore why these ecosystems matter, how blue carbon fits within climate and ocean policy, and how science, governance, and communities intersect. Content and focus are tentative and may evolve as the course is developed.
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This free course will be available through the Blue Carbon Kenya Hub, a national learning and resource centre on blue carbon. The Hub brings together training, data, and storytelling on the value of coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses, and is designed for practitioners, county and national officers, researchers, students, community groups, NGOs and private sector actors.
The Blue Carbon Kenya Hub is a key deliverable of the Blue Carbon component of the Strengthening Sustainable Blue Food Systems (SBFS) in Coastal Kenya programme (2025–2028). This programme supports Kenyan institutions led by KMFRI and partners to strengthen sustainable blue food systems in the Shimoni-Vanga region. It aims to enhance fisheries, mariculture, blue carbon conservation and equitable coastal development, and inform marine spatial planning.
The Hub is purpose-built to outlive the programme as a long-term national platform for learning, practice and knowledge exchange. Blue Carbon Kenya Hub website coming soon: https://bckhub.kmfri.go.ke
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