Investing in Mangroves 2025

High quality blue carbon principles and guidance FIGURE 1 Principles of high-quality blue carbon2 341 5Safeguard nature Empower people Employ the best information, interventions and carbon accounting practicesOperate locally and contextuallyMobilize high-integrity capital Source: High-Quality Blue Carbon Principles and Guidance. High-Quality Blue Carbon Practitioners Guide facilitates mangrove-positive action BOX 2 In February 2025, a partnership comprising Conservation International, International Blue Carbon Institute, The Nature Conservancy, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), Salesforce and the World Economic Forum published the High-Quality Blue Carbon Practitioners Guide 2024 to provide a resource that links market definitions of high-quality project development and financing with on-the-ground activities to improve a shared understanding of what constitutes “high quality” in blue carbon projects. The Practitioners Guide helps to foster more transparent and effective collaboration between corporations, project developers, investors and other stakeholders that can support high-quality mangrove-positive action. Corporations can leverage the Practitioners Guide to improve the quality of their mangrove-positive action, better assess potential project quality and identify capacity gaps. Investing in Mangroves: The Corporate Playbook 7