Abstract

HERNANDEZ-NARVAEZ, Desireé; TORRES-DUQUE, Joaquín  and  SIERRA-CORREA, Paula. Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Blue Carbon in Climate Change Management in the Greater Caribbean. Cuad. Geogr. Rev. Colomb. Geogr. [online]. 2023, vol.32, n.1, pp.70-87.  Epub Mar 06, 2024. ISSN 0121-215X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcdg.v32n1.90964.

The implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EDA) and blue carbon (BC) favors climate change management; the Greater Caribbean has great potential to develop both measures, however, there is limited contextualization on the support provided by the countries for their implementation. Under this approach, the article analyzes the inclusion of EbA and BC measures in regulations and institutions as a mechanism for climate change management in the Greater Caribbean. For this purpose, it conducts a qualitative documentary review (n = 77) in which 25 % of the records address the regulations and institutions that support climate change adaptation and mitigation, 35 % present regulatory impacts in the execution of EbA and BC, and 40 % of the texts relate the marine protected areas as propitious policy instruments for the management of both measures. The records show that EbA and BC need specific support regulations, the application of EbA in mangroves and seagrasses is limited, and the BC is incipient. There are difficulties to access funding and a need to strengthen governance and improve stakeholder participation and institutional capacity.

Keywords : ecosystem-based adaptation; climate change; blue carbon; environmental management; Greater Caribbean; mangrove; seagrass.

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