The cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration

E Bayraktarov, MI Saunders, S Abdullah… - Ecological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use change in the coastal zone has led to worldwide degradation of marine coastal
ecosystems and a loss of the goods and services they provide. Restoration is the process of …

The protective service of mangrove ecosystems: A review of valuation methods

EB Barbier - Marine pollution bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Concern over the loss of mangrove ecosystems often focuses on their role in protecting
coastal communities from storms that damage property and cause deaths and injury. With …

Global mangrove deforestation and its interacting social-ecological drivers: A systematic review and synthesis

AK Bhowmik, R Padmanaban, P Cabral, MM Romeiras - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Globally, mangrove forests are substantially declining, and a globally synthesized database
containing the drivers of deforestation and drivers' interactions is scarce. Here, we …

Assessing the risk of carbon dioxide emissions from blue carbon ecosystems

CE Lovelock, T Atwood, J Baldock… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
“Blue carbon” ecosystems, which include tidal marshes, mangrove forests, and seagrass
meadows, have large stocks of organic carbon (Corg) in their soils. These carbon stocks are …

An overview of the progress and challenges of peatland restoration in Western Europe

R Andersen, C Farrell, M Graf, F Muller… - Restoration …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands are the most efficient terrestrial carbon store on Earth, and deliver multiple other
ecosystem services including climate regulation, water purification, preservation of …

Habitat characteristics provide insights of carbon storage in seagrass meadows

I Mazarrasa, J Samper-Villarreal, O Serrano… - Marine pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows provide multiple ecosystem services, yet they are among the most
threatened ecosystems on earth. Because of their role as carbon sinks, protection and …

[HTML][HTML] A new framework for identifying ecological conservation and restoration areas to enhance carbon storage

L Li, X Huang, H Yang - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Limited attention has been given to improving carbon storage by identifying ecological
conservation and restoration areas (ECRAs). In this research, we proposed a new …

Co-occurrence of biodiversity, carbon storage, coastal protection, and fish and invertebrate production to inform global mangrove conservation planning

M Sievers, CJ Brown, J McGowan… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests support unique biodiversity and provide a suite of ecosystem services (ES)
that benefit people. Decades of continual mangrove loss and degradation have necessitated …

Opportunities for coastal wetland restoration for blue carbon with co-benefits for biodiversity, coastal fisheries, and water quality

V Hagger, NJ Waltham, CE Lovelock - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal wetlands are known to sequester significant amounts of carbon dioxide, while also
providing valuable ecosystem services. We assessed the economic feasibility of restoring …

Policy challenges and approaches for the conservation of mangrove forests in Southeast Asia

DA Friess, BS Thompson, B Brown, AA Amir… - Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Many drivers of mangrove forest loss operate over large scales and are most effectively
addressed by policy interventions. However, conflicting or unclear policy objectives exist at …