The Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project

Blue Carbon Ecosystems in Abu Dhabi This project was globally the first time such a range of ecosystems had been considered comprehensively for their Blue Carbon potential. Traditional Blue Carbon ecosystems include intertidal mangroves and salt marsh as well as subtidal seagrass meadows. It is these ecosystems (on occasion in combination) that have been the focus of international Blue Carbon research to date. In the Abu Dhabi context however, two further ecosystems of particular local relevance - algal mats and coastal sabkha - were studied for their Blue Carbon potential.

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