Blue carbon NAMA : conserve and restore mangroves in the Dominican Republic

Abstract

This factsheet contains a description of the «Blue Carbon NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action): Conserve and Restore Mangroves in the Dominican Republic». The primary goal of this NAMA is to restore and conserve mangroves in the Dominican Republic. By doing so, the country will be able to sequester and store substantial carbon and reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere. The series of NAMA profile is produced by the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) and Registry Unit of the non-Annex I Support Sub-Programme of the Mitigation, Data and Analysis Programme (MDA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat based on the information recorded by Parties in the NAMA registry. The objective of NAMA profile is to enhance visibility of NAMA which increases probability for obtaining international support and encourages similar mitigation actions in the developing countries.