Gazi values as a table; bars share one scale and are not a projection.
Measure
Value
Type
Annual plan
≥3,000 tCO₂e/yr (2013-2033)
plan
Verified reductions 2024
2,466 tCO₂e
measured
Plan Vivo Certificates 2024
2,074
measured
Cumulative total
>22,000 tCO₂e
measured to date
Expansion scenario
~7,000 tCO₂e/yr over 300 ha
modelled
Gazi is proof that a community can own and sell verified blue carbon: 2,466 tCO₂e of verified reductions and 2,074Plan Vivo Certificates in 2024, a cumulative total of more than 22,000 tCO₂e, and a plan for at least 3,000 tCO₂e/yr from 2013-2033.
Chapter 3 · Watamu Bay
A lagoon that feeds the reef
National wetland reporting records 1,600 ha of mangroves lost and 23,000 hadegraded along this coast. [5]
Tana and Lamu account for 66% of that loss.
Watamu Marine Park covers 10 km² and is a no-take zone; the surrounding Marine Reserve, including Mida Creek, covers 32 km².
Chapter 4 · Kiunga / Kilifi: the policy year
Nov 2025: Kenya’s Kiunga plan
The Kiunga plan (November 2025) sets a community-based forest governance area of 64,500 ha, with a first-phase priority area of 10,766 ha. [4]
6community forest associations are verified: the reserve was legally designated in 2004, and the community conservancy was established in 2015.
2025 NDC: Kenya’s national climate commitment.
Close · Kenya on the map
Kenya on the world’s blue-carbon map
These sites, data and CFA arrangements are the register. The next step is making them count: for conservation finance, for the NDC, and for the coast itself.
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Epilogue · The 11 protected areas on this coast
11 mapped marine protected areas
By designation: Marine National Park ×4, Marine National Reserve ×6, Community Nature Reserve ×1.
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[2] 1967 Lamu survey: mangrove extent 46,184 ha, of which 34,680 ha remained. Vanga restoration proposal: 460→800 ha, with modelled carbon storage of 5,500→8,700 tCO₂e/yr.
[3] Mikoko Pamoja / Gazi: 117.4 ha protected mangroves; over 1,500 t C/ha; 2,466 tCO₂e verified reductions (2024); 2,074 Plan Vivo Certificates (2024); cumulative total over 22,000 tCO₂e; plan of at least 3,000 tCO₂e/yr from 2013 to 2033; expansion scenario 300 ha, modelled about 7,000 tCO₂e/yr.
[4] Kenya 2025 NDC: Blue-carbon section; 64,500 ha restoration target; 10,766 ha under CFA; 6 verified CFAs (2004-2015).
[5] National wetland reporting / Watamu: 1,600 ha lost and 23,000 ha degraded, with Tana and Lamu accounting for 66% of that loss; Watamu Marine National Park 10 km² (no-take); Watamu Marine National Reserve 32 km² (gazetted 1968).
Data authorities.RCoE (the Regional Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity, Forests and Seascapes, implemented by CIFOR-ICRAF and RCMRD and funded by the European Union) provides the mangrove, coral, seascape, coastal and marine-protected-area layers. OFESA (the East and Southern Africa Forest Observatory, implemented by CIFOR and RCMRD) provides the administrative district polygons. In the MPA records the source lists Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) as the managing authority for the marine national parks and reserves, and Community (community conservancy) for Kiunga; the records also carry identifiers from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), UNEP-WCMC and IUCN.
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