Blue carbon project gets global boost

Women planting mangrove seedlings at Mida creek in Kilifi county. [Marion kithi, Standard]

Kenya's coast-based Papariko project, the first Verra-registered blue carbon initiative in the country, has been selected for funding support by the Carbon Accelerator Programme for the Environment (CAPE). It was chosen from over 100 applicants across 28 African countries as one of four projects in CAPE's first cohort to receive project development backing.

Papariko is a mangrove restoration project operating across Kwale, Kilifi and Tana River counties. It has already restored over 250 hectares of degraded mangroves while supporting livelihoods for vulnerable coastal communities, and aims to deliver an estimated one million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) removals.