Blue Carbon8 min read
Who Gets the Money? Benefit-Sharing in Blue-Carbon Projects
Follow a blue-carbon dollar from buyer to village: revenue waterfalls, disbursement channels and the design choices that decide who actually gets paid.
Priya Raman ·
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5 articles
Blue Carbon10 min read
Blue Carbon on Sea Country: Benefit Sharing and Free, Prior, Informed Consent
Blue carbon projects live on Indigenous sea country. What free, prior and informed consent and fair benefit sharing demand of developers and buyers.
Priya Raman ·
Farming11 min read
Winning the Shoreline: Community Relations for Seaweed Farms
Consent gets the lines in; relations keep them there. The ongoing craft of being a good harbour neighbour: incidents, viewscape, shared gear, schools and winter check-ins.
Naomi Reyes ·
Farming9 min read
Winning Social Licence: Community Consent for New Seaweed Farms
A seaweed farm permit is paper; social licence is people. How to consult fishing communities, councils and neighbours before — and long after — your lines go in.
Naomi Reyes ·
Farming9 min read
Community-Scale Seaweed Farming: Co-ops, Allotments and Shared Farms
You don't need a hectare and a vessel to farm kelp. Co-ops, allotments and shared-farm models let coastal communities grow seaweed together — here's how they work.
Naomi Reyes ·