Linking Blue Carbon hopes and realities to research, valuation and governance efforts in the island states of the South West Indian Ocean

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The following Brief Scientific Policy Information, also available in French language, is produced as part of the component “High Seas, Remote and/or Deep Seabed [HS/RS/DS] & Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction [ABNJ] ” & WIO N.O.I.S.E. (a multi-disciplinary network of researchers on Western Indian Ocean National Or International SEamounts, banks, submarine structures) of the DIDEM Project IRD PROJET DIDEM « Dialogue Science-Decision-Makers for the Integrated Management of the Coastal and Marine Environment”- Integrating scientific knowledge into decision-making for coastal and marine management in the Western Indian Ocean 2021-2024 » / component “High Seas, Remote and/or Deep Seabed [HS/RS/DS] & Areas beyond National Jurisdiction [ABNJ] ” & WIO N.O.I.S.E./, is supported by IRD, FFEM and Société des Explorations de Monaco, with the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marineand Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Nairobi Convention) as a partner.