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ODIDO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2F5496">IOC Coordinator in Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2F5496">IOC’s Sub Commission for Africa & the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2F5496">UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2F5496">P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> ioc-prof-request@lists.unesco.org <ioc-prof-request@lists.unesco.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Isensee, Kirsten<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 31 March 2020 15:10<br>
<b>To:</b> ioc-prof <ioc-prof@lists.unesco.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ioc-prof] Blue Carbon project proposals welcome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I hope you are all doing well, given the current situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Below you find a link to apply for seed funding to advance blue carbon projects, focusing on demonstrating the carbon storage in mangroves, seagrasses and marshlands while creating income by selling carbon
credits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR"><a href="https://bluenaturalcapital.org/submit-your-project/blue-carbon/"><span lang="EN-US">https://bluenaturalcapital.org/submit-your-project/blue-carbon/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please share widely, if you think it is appopiate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kirsten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ISENSEE</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"> <br>
Programme Specialist – Ocean Carbon Sources and Sinks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO - Ocean Science Section<br>
</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007, Paris</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">+33 (0)1 45 68 18 14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"><a href="mailto:k.isensee@unesco.org">k.isensee@unesco.org</a>
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