A one-week training on The State of Blue Carbon Science, Policy and Finance was conducted last week in Singapore from the 23rd to the 27th of March 2026.

A total of six Small Island Developing States (SIDS) countries (1 from African region, 1 from Caribbean and 4 from the Pacific) including Guyana from South America and a representative from the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) attended the course.

This was the first ever course on Blue Carbon designed for SIDS countries offered by the Government of Singapore to assist them with the science behind the blue carbon, blue carbon policies and the existing financial mechanisms that SIDS can utilise to secure funding for their blue carbon development.

Kiribati was represented by two Officers from the Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources.

Special thanks go to the Singapore Cooperation Programme and the Government of Kiribati for the support, which made this training possible.