During the Partners Night of the 117th founding anniversary of the Cavite State University (CvSU), one of the members of the PEMSEA Network of Learning Centers (PNLC), PEMSEA was awarded a certificate of recognition for their work on integrated coastal management (ICM). Other awardees included the Cavite PGENRO, as well as local government and business partners of CvSU.

 

Blue carbon, the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal marshes, is becoming an increasingly important subject in global consideration of climate change mitigation and adaptation. These highly productive ecosystems sequester carbon from the atmosphere, making them important natural carbon sinks.