This report, Unlocking Blue Carbon Development– Investment Readiness Framework for Governments, was produced by a core team of The World Bank Group (WBG) and external partners led by Sylvia Michele Diez, Senior Environmental Specialist, and Juliana Castano-Isaza, Natural Resources Management Specialist. The report was written by Moritz von Unger, Mackenzie Taggart, Regina Sánchez Sasso, Raquel Bustamante, and Steve Crooks from Silvestrum Climate Associates; and oriented and edited by Sylvia Michele Diez, Juliana Castaño-Isaza, Andres Espejo, and Irina Likhachova.