Building Blue Carbon Projects - An Introductory Guide

Key takeaways:

Improved understanding of coastal ecosystems in a climate change context has resulted in recent IPCC guidelines on estimating and reporting greenhouse gas emissions from coastal wetlands. Recent years have seen an expansion of Blue Carbon science. Mangroves remain the most well-understood, followed by salt marshes. Seagrass ecosystem science has the most room for scientific discovery. Knowledge gaps aside, there is enough information to merit the improved management of mangrove, salt marsh, and seagrass ecosystems.

A sediment core is examined as part of Blue Carbon field research in Madagascar (image credit and © Garth Cripps, Blue Ventures).

Building Blue Carbon Projects An Introductory Guide

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