National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Ecuador

This report traces the policy, legal, and regulatory context for coastal “blue carbon” ecosystems – namely mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses – in ECUADOR and is one in a series of five country reports to be undertaken as part of the UNEP/GEF Blue Forests Project. The goal of these National Policy Assessments (NPAs) is to bring together the key policy, legal and regulatory frameworks and incentives that have an implication for the management of blue carbon ecosystems including items from a perspective of national development, climate change, forestry, and biodiversity, as well as marine resource management.