Field Notebook · 2024–2026
From the coast.
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Kenya's unified portal for blue carbon — connecting communities, scientists, county officers, managers, and educators around a shared mission to protect 61,271 hectares of mangrove forest and over 32,000 hectares of seagrass meadows along our coast.
Whether you're researching mangroves, surveying seagrass, learning, or managing a project — start where you are. Both gateways feed into the same national blue carbon community of practice.
An open-access repository covering both mangrove and seagrass blue carbon — reports, peer-reviewed publications, SOPs, manuals, policies, frameworks, management plans, factbooks, flyers, and curated external links from the global blue carbon community.
Featured trainings, upcoming workshops, and self-paced MOOCs designed for Kenya's coastal counties. From mangrove restoration to seagrass surveying — find the next step in your blue carbon practice.
14-week certified programme covering both mangrove and seagrass blue carbon, with field placements at Mikoko Pamoja, Vanga Blue Forest, and the Diani–Chale seagrass beds.
First nationally-coordinated baseline of Thalassodendron, Cymodocea, and Thalassia meadows across Kwale and Mombasa counties — with sediment carbon estimates.
Self-paced course in Kiswahili on Community Forest Association governance, equitable benefit sharing, and the rights of coastal communities.
For two years, a team of 14 women from the Vanga–Funzi seascape has walked the muddy edges with tablets and chest-deep persistence. Their dataset is now the official baseline for a county-wide carbon project.
Ministry of Environment publishes draft 2026–2032 strategy linking Article 6 access to community benefit floors.
KMFRI divers complete a 14-month survey of 4,800 hectares of South Coast seagrass, identifying seven species and mapping carbon-rich sediment.
Three days, hands-on baseline construction and validation document preparation in Mombasa.
Gazi Bay's pioneering project has now generated over 35,000 verified carbon credits — and counting.
Members of the Mangrove & Seagrass Blue Carbon Kenya hub gain personalised access to training enrollment, downloadable resources, peer forums, and the national community of practice.
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