 from our site. So hello and welcome everyone to this joint skill sharing session on the EBA tools navigator and the panorama solutions for a healthy planet initiative. My name is Luise Richter and I am working for the BMU-ICI funded global project on mainstreaming ecosystem based adaptation, short EBA. You will hear that more often throughout this session, which is a project implemented by GIZ. In our project, which focuses on providing tools and information on EBA for the people who implemented around the globe, I also manage a thematic community on EBA at the panorama initiative, which we will talk about a little later. I will facilitate this session today. But as mentioned before, this is a joint session by GIZ and the UN Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Center. It is really great to have you all here. I can see there are still people coming in. And we really look forward to interesting inputs and lively discussions with all of you who are here with us. And during these next 60 minutes, we would like to let me see if I can move forward. Yes, first introduce you to the EBA tools navigator. Tanya will go more into this. Afterwards, we want to present the panorama solutions for a healthy planet platform and initiative. And then we also want to get a solution provider's perspective by someone who's actually uploaded and provided a solution to panorama. And afterwards, we will dive into comments and questions with all of you. But before we dive in, I would like to make some technical remarks. We would kindly ask all of you to mute yourselves and turn off your videos for the duration of the webinar, except of course, if you're speaking or presenting, and you're also very welcome to towards the end, bring your questions forward yourselves if you prefer doing that, or if we have some backup questions to what you asked. However, this does of course not mean that you cannot actively contribute to this session. We would also kindly ask you to put all your questions and comments into the chat function, and we will get back to these afterwards. The session will be recorded and published after we have completed it. So if you do not want to be recorded, this would be probably the moment where you'd have to leave. Otherwise, yeah, you will be on the recording as a participant, and it will be available for you to watch afterwards. And if you have any technical problems, please let us know via the chat, and then we will do our best to help you all out with your issues. With this, I would like to hand over to Tanya Savatera from UNEPW CMC to show us the EBA Tools Navigator. Tanya works on promoting the uptake of ecosystem-based adaptation by developing guidance and tools to support those who design and implement EBA and helping them making informed decisions. The Tools Navigator is one of those resources that people have available, and Tanya will now tell us all about it. Tanya, over to you. Thanks, Lisa. I will now share my screen with you. Okay. So the EBA Tools Navigator, let's see what this is all about. So at its core, the navigator is a database of tools and methods that are relevant for EBA, and it also contains a collection of examples and tool applications, and it has been designed to help users find the most appropriate tools and methods to support their EBA work, and also to help understand which gaps exist in terms of current availability or accessibility of tools. So the navigator was developed through a collaboration between two EKI projects. The first one, the ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation, strengthening the evidence and informing policy project, which was coordinated by IID, ICN, and us at UNEPW CMC, and also the project mainstreaming ecosystem-based adaptation, strengthening EBA in planning and decision-making processes, which was coordinated by our colleagues at GIZ. Both of these projects aim to show policymakers and practitioners when and why EBA is effective, so which conditions under which it works and benefits costs and limitations of EBA approaches, and they also aim to promote the better integration of EBA principles into policy and planning. So during these projects, one of the barriers to the wider uptake of EBA that was identified was the availability and accessibility of tools, as well as general technical knowledge on EBA. And practitioners we spoke to were calling for more tools, but actually an initial inventory we did of tools for EBA found that many tools were already available, and we found initially over 200 of them. So we thought that the need actually lies in making these tools more accessible rather than making more tools. And this doesn't mean that there are absolutely no gaps, but we could kind of recycle tools that can be used in one area and use it in other contexts. And this is why we created the navigator. So what is the content of this navigator? So at the moment we have over 240 tools or methods. The tools cover most stages of EBA, so from planning stages to assessment, design, implementation, monitoring, or mainstreaming. Most tools are also available at various scales. So they can be applied from local to municipal to national or regional scales. The tools can also be used by a range of users, and this includes project planners, managers, as well as policymakers. Most tools are available in English, although we have a few available also in other languages. Most tools are also open access, which means you can use them without paywalls or other restrictions. And most of the tools we have are also quite general, so they can be applied to a range of ecosystems and contexts. We also have some tools that are designed for specific ecosystem types. So for example, we have around 26 tools that have been designed specifically for marine or coastal ecosystems. But as I mentioned in general, most tools are quite broad and can be applied to a range of ecosystem types and contexts. So just to give you an idea of some examples of marine and coastal EBA tools we have right now in the navigator. Some examples include the Reef Resilience Toolkit, which was developed by the Reef Resilience Network. And this is an online platform with the different resources and materials to help project managers address impacts of climate change and threats to coral reefs. We also have the Change Intights Climate Adaptation Methodology for Protected Areas, developed by WWF, which describes an approach for developing climate adaptation measures in coastal and marine protected areas. And another example is the Guide to Coastal EBA Options and Coastal EBA Decision Support Tool, which was developed by UNEP. And this one can help support with selection, design, implementation, and evaluation of different options for coastal EBA. So we had a look at what types of tools are present in this navigator. So let's now have a quick look at what are the functionalities and how it works. So at the moment the navigator exists in an Excel format, although we are developing an improved online version over the coming months. In this current Excel version we have two main components. The first one is a database where all the tools and methods are listed and where we can also search for tools. And we also have a collection of examples of tool application where users have reported their own experiences using tools. But the most useful function is its search interface. And this allows you to find tools for specific needs by customizing your search according to different criteria. For example, you can search according to the ecosystem you're working on, the scale of implementation you want to use, or you can also search according to the stage of EBA you need a tool for, whether it's at planning stages, design, monitoring, and evaluation, or mainstreaming. And then by searching the database, the navigator will create a customized list of results for you, which more or less looks like this. So in the results generated, you will be given information about each of the tools that fit your search. So you can see here an example of a few results that come up when we search for tools that are relevant for marine or coastal ecosystems. And we are given a detailed information, for example, on the complete name of the tool, which institutions or organizations develop the tool, what stages the tool can be applied in. There's also a link, of course, so you can access the actual tool online. A description of what the tool does, what kind of users it's been tailored for, at what scale it can be used, any resources or trainings needed to use the tool, if it's access or not, and also what language it's available in. And some tools, not all of them, will have a link that takes you to user experiences. So this is feedback that people have provided on which context and how it was like to use a particular tool. So in the user example section, you will be able to see where the tool was used and in what type of projects, as well as who were the institutions implementing it and why the tool was chosen. And you also see feedback on how the tool was used and reviews of the experiences that people have when they were using the tool. So, for example, this could include feedback on if additional expertise and resources were needed to use the tool, how easy it was to use it, people's opinions on what the strengths or advantages of using that particular tool, and also feedback on limitations people found when using the tool. So this is just a short overview. There's actually a lot more feedback people can give, but this is just to give you an idea of some examples you can find there. So that was a short overview of the current version of the Excel navigator and what it looks like. And at the moment, we are actually preparing to develop an online version where the search functions will be improved and which will be more user-friendly and have a nicer design. And this is a screenshot of the prototype of the online navigator, which we are not able to share at the moment, but I will explain what we are envisioning. So the principles of using the online navigator will be similar to the ones I just explained for the Excel version. So there will be a search function where you can select different search criteria and search for specific tools. And after choosing this, the navigator will give you a list of tools relevant to the criteria you prefer. So similarly to what I mentioned before, you will then get a list of results with links to the tool, detailed information, as well as links to user experiences. So because the tool is actually for you and for other potential users, we would really like you to contribute and to help us design the most useful tool now that we are still kind of in the drawing board stages of developing the new online version. So we would like to know and we would like to give you your opinion on what features you would like to see in the online navigator. So for example, is there a particular search criteria that it would be useful for you to find tools more efficiently? Also, what features would encourage you to engage and contribute to the navigator? So maybe you have specific ideas to make it more user-friendly and accessible. And because we also want this to be a tool that people can contribute to, so how could we make it easy for you to either add new tools or contribute to your own tool experiences? And finally, if you know of any new tools developed recently for ABA and that you'd like to see featured in the navigator or maybe you'd like to give your own feedback on your experiences with a particular tool, we would also really welcome your inputs. So we have created a mirror board where you can add your feedback on these three questions. And the link has been posted on the on the message board, I posted it earlier. And so you can go to the link and give us your feedback on the post-it notes. And if you prefer, of course, you can also send your inputs via email. You're very welcome to do either of these options. So that's it for me. I welcome you to share your ideas. We would highly appreciate them. And now I pass on to my colleagues to continue with the presentation. Thank you. Thank you very much, Tanya. Again, questions and comments are very welcome in the chat. And we'll get back to them towards the end of the this session. I would now like to hand over to my colleague, Dilanka Zeniviratne, who works for the Global Project Blue Solutions, which is a project that focuses on capacity building and global knowledge exchange linked to several topics relevant in the conservation and sustainable use of the resources that come with marine and coastal biodiversity. It is implemented by GIZ, Grid-Orendal, IUCN and UN Environment, and funded by BMU and the International Climate Initiative. Dilanka and her team also manage a thematic community on Panorama, and she will now introduce us to what Panorama actually is. So Dilanka, the floor is yours. Thank you, Luiva, for that introduction. So I am going to share my screen now. Please let me know if you can see it. Yeah, so as Luiva said, I will talk a little bit about Panorama and what we do and what our approach is. So what is Panorama? Panorama Solutions for a Healthy Planet is a partnership initiative which facilitates learning from success in conservation and natural resource management. So what we do is we document, collate and promote examples of inspiring and replicable solutions that showcase how nature conservation can benefit society. So it's all about enabling cross-sectoral learning and upscaling of successes and also giving recognition to solution providers. So we want to connect practitioners and Panorama can also be a source of stories for conservation communicators, for example, and they can also inform research policy and help to understand current trends on what's going on in the world. So our motto really is that we want to stop reinventing the wheel and learn from what is already working on the ground. So here's a quick background on our institutional setup. So Panorama currently seven global partner organizations from conservation and sustainable development are coordinating and developing Panorama. And these are GIZ, IUCN, Gutahrundahl, UNEP, Rare, iPhone and UNDP. And GIZ is the German Development Cooperation and IUCN. The International Union for Conservation of Nature are organizing the Secretariat of Panorama. So as you can see here, we have seven, seven thematic communities, and these are structured into teams and they are mainly organized in this way for organizational reasons. And these themes of thematic communities, as we call them, managed and coordinated by one or several institutions. So as Louisa has already pointed out, I am part of Blue Solutions and we coordinate the Marine and Coastal thematic community. And Louisa is part of the ecosystem based adaptation thematic community. Panorama is constantly growing and we are adding collaborating partners to our portfolio and also adding thematic communities. For example, we have recently added the nature and culture of thematic communities. So why are we focusing on what works on the ground? Sometimes we get asked why our focus lays on finding what is already working and what people are doing instead of looking for barriers and looking at the problems and seeing what is not working and how we can improve. But our mindset is that while it is really important to identify challenges and barriers, people and mostly practitioners in our sector, they are well aware of the challenges. And what is sometimes lacking is a way forward and showing optimistic success stories from the ground experiences. So if you think about it, you can ask yourself, what inspires you? And for us, it is concrete actions for taking action, in tackling current issues and learning and listening to people who have been doing it for decades and who have been part of the solution and can tell us something about their work on the ground. So while it is important to learn from failure, seeing how others have successfully tackled a challenge and understanding concrete solutions inspires us and makes us feel empowered to do the same thing maybe in another region. So how does it work in practice? We can have a look at this infographic, which is quite a holistic approach to our solution in format. So it all starts with the solution provider and this is the person who has a solution at hand. So they have a case study or best practice, which they have been practicing on the ground and they would like to share that to the wider community. And they then come to Panorama and we document it together in a standardized template. And this has been tested and refined over the years by Panorama. And then the aim of documenting the case study of solution in this template is to identify replicable core components that made this approach successful. So these core components of the solutions, we call them building blocks. And these building blocks really aim to identify common elements that generated process. So the solution with its building blocks then gets fed into a searchable global database and is published onto Panorama and then fed into one of the thematic communities or maybe several ones if they have overlapping content. And then on the other side, you have the solution seeker. And this is someone who is in need of a solution or in need of inspiration and is looking for practices and lessons learned from other practitioners, which they can implement in their own context. So really for the solution provider, it's all about increasing leverage and the impact of their work visibly through our platform, which is backed by well known incredible organizations. So it gives them recognition for the good work that they are doing. And in the years of gathering solutions from providers, we have also been told that it has been a process of self reflection and learning by their side by taking the time to really identify the key drivers of their success. And then on the other side, you have the solution seeker and they're the benefit lays in not having to reinvent the wheel and looking at successful approaches and existing knowledge and building on that and taking the building blocks or solutions and replicating them in their own context. So essentially, Panorama is a mechanism which motivates people to talk about their success stories and connects those with people who are seeking for inspiration and stories. So really, this is our solutions for solutions format for every solution has these building blocks, they can be four or more or less. It doesn't really matter. And that's the only criteria we have for the solutions that they need to be composed of these building blocks. But other than that, solutions really can come from a broad range of approaches, methods and tools. And we have deliberately designed them to be really broad and inclusive. So it's not at all a one-sided or kind of approach. However, we have set three key criteria that need to be fulfilled in order to upload a solution on to our platform. And that is firstly, that they must be impactful. So the solution has had to have a proven, measured or testified impact on the ground. So they have to be more than just an idea or the beginning of a project. And then secondly, solutions have to be scalable or replicable. So the solutions are specifically that building blocks, they could they optimally could be applied with slight modifications in another context, say in another sector, geography or social context, for instance. So really, the aim is that you can take these building blocks from one place and apply them at larger geographic scale in another region. And then thirdly, they must be topic relevant. So solutions have to address conservation and sustainable development challenges in an integrated manner, benefiting both people and nature. So then if you have this solution at hand, where can you find them? In Panorama, we really try to combine online and analog peer-to-peer learning in order to promote the solution. But really, as I have mentioned, the online platform is our backbone. And it is a searchable database of solutions, which allows users to apply a wide range of filters and explorations within and across thematic areas and countries and regions. And we will also show you this website later on. But other than that, we also facilitate face face exchanges and workshops and training. And even though in terms of COVID-19, we have seen the high potential of online training. In the past, we have found that their matchmaking and knowledge exchange in person is really crucial to generate inspiring stories. And then we also have communications on solutions, such as our newsletters from Panorama, as well as publications, for example, from our Blue Solutions Initiative, the thematic coordinator of the Marine and Coastal Portal. We have our publications coming out on marine nature-based solutions, as well as sustainable ocean economy. And we are also very active on social media, Panorama, adaptation community solutions, and videos. And then last, we also have contests and awards. And they are used to identify a large number of innovations around priority themes. So for example, we have the Pathfinder Award organized by IUCN, UNDP, and Wild Arc. And that was given out during the COP CBB Court in Egypt. So here you can see some of the organizations and voices from the providers that have contributed a solution to our platform. And you can see we have a range spectrum of partners. So they range from government agencies, academic agencies, or NGOs. So it is a really wide and open network. And principally, anybody can submit a solution. So you can be an individual and you don't have to be part of a wider organization. If you have something you would like to share, and it fulfills the three criteria that I have mentioned, you can submit it to our platform. So Panorama is constantly growing. And we are gaining more solutions. And we attribute the success to three main factors. And the first one is our methodology and approach. So we really want to ensure that Panorama is more than just a learning platform. So it's really all about interaction between peers and knowledge exchange. And it's not only about uploading a solution, but looking for people who might make use of the solution. So matchmaking between practitioners through events and webinars, and also in-person meetings. And so it might be mostly digital, but we really try to make it as real and personal as possible. And then secondly, it's all about collaborating. And we really value and emphasize our partnership structure. So we use synergies and complementary seeds between diverse partners with different expertise and different experiences to stay out of our comfort zone and get to know inspiring people and their stories. And then lastly, we recognize individuals and institutions. So as I said, the platform is really open and inclusive. Anybody can submit a solution. And anybody can access Panorama. It is free, of course. And you can submit your best practices and solutions. So anyone can join. So thank you. And let's focus on what works. I hope you now may be intrigued to visit our website and have a look at yourself. Maybe you can see some solutions that you would like to make use of, or maybe even you want to contribute a solution yourself. And Louisa will guide you through our website quickly and so that you can navigate with yourself. Thank you. Thank you very much, Tilanka. Yes, as just introduced, I will quickly give you a quick tour through the Panorama website. I'm going to try and keep it short so that we have sufficient time for our last input and then some questions and comments as well. I hope you can all see my screen now. Good. Thank you. So what you can see here is this start page of Panorama. You can then scroll down and already directly see the main options to actually search for solutions, which is through a thematic access where you can put in different filters. You can look for a specific ecosystem. You can search for a theme. Or you can go for a geographic access. You can actually look at a map and see how the platform looks. Or finally, you can search by a challenge where you put in a specific challenge. We have a challenge filter and then see which solutions come up. Or you can just type in a keyword and see what shows if you don't really see any of the filter options that we have available as suitable for you. You can find some news and latest developments. And as you can see, we're also on Twitter with Panorama. So you'll also find the updates here. And what Tilanka already showed, you can also contribute your own solution. So you can put in a full solution which takes in a little longer and requires more resources to be made available. Or you put up a snapshot solution, which is sort of like a very brief version of a solution when you say, we have some information, but not everything is available. But what we have, we would already like to share. So what you can then do, I just showed you this, is search for a solution. You can go in and search for the different building blocks. Tilanka already introduced that. Or go to thematic community. Or you just say, I search for all solutions that are available, which are 646 at the moment. Here you can see these different filter options that you have. So you can go in and search for a region. Let's say we look for Asia. And then go in and look for a specific ecosystem, marine and coastal ecosystems. And maybe also specific challenge when you say, okay, I have ecological challenges. As you can see here, there's also a lot of like sub challenges that you can either add all of them or you say, I unselect one of them, and then we're only searching for the other ones. Then you can just hit search. And it will show you the solutions that come up. In this case, 36 different solutions, which you can then look at either sort of the way I do right now with these little boxes. Or you can also say, cool, I want to see this more in a map view. We've now put in Asia, so we move more towards this side of the map. Or let me see if it loads. Yes, you can just have them as a list. I often find this kind of nice for my own search, because we actually also use the platform a lot when people ask us for good examples. We also search on Panorama ourselves. So then you can go in and you can click into a solution where you then have a brief summary of the solution. You find all sorts of different useful tags, including different targets. Here we only have the ITG targets, but some people also have added SDGs. So there are a lot of like different filtering options and tags that also help you understand at a glance whether or not this is a useful solution for you. You also get a location to get an idea of where exactly you are. And then you can learn about the challenges that people have been facing and the beneficiaries that have benefited from the solution. And then we come to really what is a core element of a full solution on Panorama, which are the building blocks. They really are a recipe for replication of a solution. So, of course, not every solution will be replicable in its entirety, but parts of it may be. So then you can actually just go in and look into the different building blocks where you then get a brief overview of what is meant by this specific puzzle piece. You get information on enabling factors and lessons learned and you learn something more about the resources and can then easily return to the main page of the solution as well. Underneath the building blocks, you will get some information on how the building blocks are interlinked and interact with each other. You can read about impacts. And then something that I always find very nice is a little story, which is often more of like a personal story by someone who experienced the solution and is now benefiting from it and just telling his or her specific view on what has been going on and how it has worked out and maybe also where challenges have been and how they've been dealt with. You will also find picture and video material and you can find more information on who has provided the solution, additional resources and the organizations that have implemented the solution. So I'm going to stop here because now that you've heard so much about how Panorama works and what it is, we also want to talk a little bit about and we want to hear from someone who has actually uploaded a solution to the platform and has thereby become a solution provider. And for this, I would kindly ask Rama Kivugo from the Mikoko Padromo community organization to kindly unmute yourself. Rama and her team have a solution on blue carpet credits financing on the platform. As you can see, I'm showing it on my screen right now and Rama will guide us through this and also give us a little input on her project. So Rama, the floor is yours. Okay, thank you. Hello everyone, I'm the project coordinator to the Mikoko Padromo project in Kenya. So today I will be speaking about Mikoko Padromo as one of the solutions highlighted in the Panorama platform under the marine and coastal solutions. So let me start sharing my screen. Great, it's working. So at the beginning why Panorama? I would say that Panorama recognizes major solutions for source management, indigenous knowledge, local innovation and best practices in marine and coastal management. The gains that Mikoko Padromo has been able to obtain from this platform visibility for Mikoko Padromo definitely a capacity building from other solutions that have been highlighted on the platform as well as making it possible for Mikoko Padromo to serve as a solution to other people out there. And so moving on to what Mikoko Padromo is and what we've been doing so far and the progress that we've made in terms of the prospects that had been earlier suggested in the platform, we met our upload in the year 2016. So currently being in the year 2020, there has been more of developments or more of achievements for Mikoko Padromo. And Mikoko Padromo is a HILI statement that means mangroves together. It is the first ever community led project to engage in the conservation and restoration and protection of mangrove ecosystems through the payment the sale of mangrove carbon credits. So mainly our objective as Mikoko Padromo is to restore and protect the mangrove ecosystems. And we've been doing this through the sale of carbon credits, where we are verified by the plan before organization through standards to sell our carbon credits for 20 years. So basically the project was accepted in the year 2012. We began selling our credits in the year 2013. In so far we have managed to sell over 10,000 carbon, I mean 10,000 carbon credits. So Mikoko Padromo supports two communities that cover, that are able to manage 117 hectares of mangroves. We have one or seven hectares of mangroves, that natural mangroves and the rest being 10 planted mangroves. So the amount of carbon that we have been accepted to produce in Naya by plan before amounts to 2,500 tons of CO2. So basically the money generated from the sale of these carbon credits, which we usually refer to as revenue, goes through a specific beneficiary structure. So we have 6% of the 100% that goes to the association for coastal ecosystem services. These 6% is usually used to keep the side induced after every five years for the validation process, where an independent validator comes in to check whether what we've been reporting over the years has been correct or not. And then the rest of the 94% being divided into 5% that is used for office expenses, 21% that is usually used for the community wages, that is this percent. This is used for the various project activities, inclusive of which it's the mangrove restoration program, and the last 32% that is used to facilitate the community development projects. So basically on the 32%, this is usually done in a participatory manner, where we consult the community on what need is most pressing to them at that particular moment. So the main thing that we usually look at is the sustainability of the project suggested, whether it's sustainable enough, how long it's going to take them and how many people it will be affecting at that moment or in future years for the benefit of the entire community. So one thing that I failed to mention is that Mekoko Pamoja supports two villages, we have Makongeni and the Gazi village. We have approximately over 6,000 people in both villages. So basically the suggested community development projects should be conducive enough or efficient enough to support the needs of both villages. The projects can be different depending on what the people have suggested at that point, they don't necessarily have to be the same. So so far Mekoko Pamoja has been operating for over 10 years, if I may say, sorry, we've been operating for eight years, that is, we started operation in 2012 and we've been able to contribute to various STGs such as the STG number four, that is on quality education, STG number six, that is on water quality and sanitation. We've also been able to create jobs. Currently we've been able to employ four people. These people are directly employed by the organization. So one we have the project coordinator and her assistant and then we have two more scouts that are responsible for the day-to-day monitoring of the forest. So apart from that we've been able to engage in some aspects of the culture. Same way I have a boardwalk that usually welcomes the tourists for an engagement or a direct engagement with the mangrove, the mangroves as well as biodiversity within the mangrove ecosystems. As I said, we've also been able to contribute to education in that. We've been able to issue out books, school books for the kids, for the students in the schools, as well as participate in the renovation of some classrooms or libraries or any facilities in the school. For the water and sanitation, we've been able to provide water points. These have really helped the communities in terms of accessing clean and self-water for daily use. And lastly and once importantly, we've been able to restore degraded areas within Gazi and Makongeni through mangrove restoration. So among the prospects that were mentioned on the site or on the panorama platform, we are able to replicate what it's been doing to other religions. So previously, I believe in the year 2016, we had an engagement with patches from Mandagaskar who came in to learn more about the Gokopamoja and what we've been doing and basically the whole process of implementation from inception to actualization of the project, the challenges we've been going through. We had an exchange program with them. We're looking into doing the same with patches from Tanzania, but I can say that the greatest achievement that Makokopamoja has made so far is its expansion into the Banga Blue Forest project. This is a project that is four times larger than Makokopamoja. Having Makokopamoja cover 117 hectares of mangroves, Banga Blue Forest is able to cover 460 hectares of mangroves, which means that it is able to sequester more CO2 as compared to Makokopamoja. So similar to Makokopamoja, Banga Blue Forest is accredited by the Plan Vivo Organization and it is verified to set over 6,000 tons of CO2 to the Voluntary Market and it is also credited to sell these credits for 20 years starting from the year 2019. Another ongoing plan that Makokopamoja has been able to engage in is the establishment of a locally managed marine area that incorporates sea class. We are looking into the inclusion of sea class to community conservation in terms of bundling of the sea class together with the mangrove carbon credits. So basically what we'll be doing, contrary to the benefit that we're obtaining from the mangrove ecosystems in terms of getting revenue through the sale of carbon credits, what we've been able to do so far is urge our buyers to contribute at least $2 for every credit that they buy from Plan Vivo or for every credit that they buy from because I mean yeah sorry but for every credit that they buy from Plan Vivo. So if it means that someone is buying 20 one credits then depending on the price that one credit goes for at that particular moment they're asked to add another $2 for that credit. This goes to the conservation and management of the sea classes. Another thing that Makokopamoja has been able to do is research and design our own efficient fuel stops which will bring carbon savings as well as health benefits. This will also call some lee to the reduction of pressure to the mangrove ecosystems. So the steps that we have made in the incorporation of sea classes into mangrove conservation is we basically had our first consultative meeting in the year 2019. This was held in the month of December and the main objectives to this meeting were one to appraise on the past or present sea class research in Gazi Bay, two to introduce the concept of sea class premium for existing services to the stakeholders, three to map community activities within and adjacent the sea class meters of Gazi Bay and lastly but most importantly to ensure community support for the project and the proposed introduction. This was done in where different stakeholders participated in the meeting because most of the meetings we have or generally all the meetings we have must be participatory in nature. So we had stakeholders from facilities such as the Cairn Free Facilities which has been providing Mekoko Pomoda with technical expertise over their since inception together with members from the beach management unit the Mekoko Pomoda team and other related stakeholders. So the conservation areas that the sea grass proposal is able to share is to cover sorry is one what we were mainly looking at during the identification of these areas was was there any signs of degradation that has been happening over the years and this could be noted by the loss of sea classes or the reduction in abundance of the sea class vegetation and another thing that we are looking for is the species abundance and luckily or if I may say fortunately for us we are able to find six I mean seven to eight species of the sea classes in three different activity areas activity area one activity area two and activity area three and most importantly is the carbon content that it's found within the sea grasses so we all know that mangroves are able to store huge amounts of carbon as compared to terrestrial vegetation so when it comes to sea grasses sea grass ecosystems when we compare sea grass ecosystems and the terrestrial ecosystem they are somehow competing in terms of the amount of carbon content that is told in each ecosystem and another factor that we were able to look at is the accessibility by community this is especially important during the monitoring activities in order to encourage monitoring or accuracy in monitoring we have to consider the tidal specifications of the area so our next step will be the confirmation and demarcation of protected areas and finally the agreement on the benefit sharing structure which is similar to what Nicaragua has been using over the eight years that it has been in operation so just as outlined in the panorama platform we have the Nicaragua building blocks the main the main ones that have been highlighted on the platform are the participatory forest management plan the forest management agreement carbon know how through strong partnership as well as the community environmental education and awareness so basically what the participatory forest management plan is it is it usually comes after a community forms a community the community forest association which develops the now talked about participatory forest management plan after this the community signs an agreement that is known as the forest management agreement with the agency in charge of the forest and in this case this was the kenya forest service which is a government agency that has been given the responsibility to manage the forest so we have that and then we also do have the project idea not which is definitely necessary for the formulation of any project you have to say what you want to do and the situation on the ground how you're going to go about the entire process of bringing in your nature based solution and you're also supposed to provide the project technical specifications which are basically things to do with the amount of co2 that will be sequestered and the amount of co2 that has been released into the atmosphere without intervention of the project and such like things and then you also have to hold multiple stakeholder meetings to encourage consultative sessions with them and lastly one should have the project design document which is an overall document containing all aspects of the project from the scope to the location to the technical specifications and the governance structure this includes basically everything so for more information about the co2 promotion and the credits that we sell you can access it through the links provided you can get us from the aces website that is the association of coastal ecosystem services as well as the co2 promotion website and the plan review website i would encourage people to continue putting up their solutions on the panorama website this has really helped me co2 promotion and i believe with time we are going to put in more of our achievements in it because like you mentioned our solution was uploaded on the website in 2016 we've been doing some current changes have been something that's done in 2020 which i believe is very essential to other people who are willing already to learn from the platform in as much as co2 promotion is so thank you for your time and i would appreciate any questions addressed to me thank you very much rama and we are running a little bit over time but i think it will be nice to at least address a few questions so i think we will dive right in with that now one question that has come in is linked to the eba tools navigator people would be very interested in eba tools suitable for local government planners would those also be included tanja maybe you can say a word on this so yeah so there are tools that are relevant for the local and site level in the navigator i actually had a quick look in the in the navigator when i saw the question and i see there are at least 88 tools that would be relevant for local or site level doesn't mean they're exclusive for these scales but they can be used um for for local planning and yeah these include tools related to helping users prioritize climate risks analyze vulnerability at community level or even tools to do uh to evaluate cost benefits of adaptation action so they could be useful for example for some kind of stakeholder processes so yes there there is a variety of tools and i encourage you to have a look at the the navigator uh on its excel format which i posted the link on the chat and have a look at the tools we have there thanks okay thank you tanja um then another question came in which is linked to panorama um have you considered adding the eco dr r community to panorama such as through petter the partnership for environment and disaster risk reduction um i would be happy to go ahead with this one tilanka and if you want to add something um you you do that um some of the eba solutions definitely have eco dr r elements to them so i think some of the solutions have been added to for instance the eba portal or the eba thematic community and maybe as an overall comment to this we always try to identify whether or not we actually want to and need to establish a new platform or whether a solution or a group of solutions that comes up can actually be added to the already existing thematic communities because um yeah quite a few of them have overlaps and then solutions can already fit into different um thematic communities however um as tilanka said we do encourage um new thematic communities so if this is something that you would be interested in um sort of having added to panorama um we would definitely be open for that um you can approach us and then um we are going through this process right right now with the nature culture community then um there's going to be a discussion in the steering committee about this um you would make suggestions for how this could work you would collect um suitable examples and then this can definitely be done um so um if this is something that um could make sense um you are welcome to approach us i think um from our side um we can definitely fit some um equity or our solutions um into the eba thematic community um but that's definitely not true for all so it could be an option tilanka would you have anything to add to this no i don't okay okay then we have one more comment um one issue we and our partners experience um is the response time after one submits a solution to panorama in extreme cases after we submit the responses can take months to get advice and suggestions then in some cases we no longer have capacity to respond or finalize the solution um yeah this is um a challenge that i know has happened in the past we are trying um to always get back to people as fast as possible um we do have experts who do the review of the solutions um however we also um do them ourselves in the thematic community so that's why sometimes it takes time and um it's i guess also important to add at this point that um a solution when it's being uploaded normally goes through multiple review loops so often we make we make suggestions for how an a solution that has been handed in can be improved um then the solution provider adds to that and that process also often takes um quite a while um but um apologies if this has happened and uh we are always trying to um get back to people as fast as possible um yeah okay let me see if there's anything else at this point um i think this last one is also a question interested in finding out more about tools relevant for eco dr as my organization recently started an eco dr initiative based in the caribbean aimed at building resilience to hurricanes tanya um i don't know if you want to pick that up but this is more more of a comment probably yeah so just to note that we do have some tools for dr i know we have at least included the an online course that was produced by the partnership for environment and disaster risk reduction and i know we have others that can be relevant for disaster risk reduction context i see we have one on cities relevant for cities as well so we don't have too many we would love to hear about more if you're involved through your initiatives but yes we have at least a couple of them on eco dr okay thank you tanya um i don't see any further uh questions and comments at the moment and we have also run over time with our session a little bit already so i think this is a very good point to conclude and thank everyone for um attending and for your questions if you have any further questions or comments you can reach out to all of us we've put our email addresses in the chat um and we look forward to hearing from you and for the rest want to thank you all very much and have a good day and evening