Blue carbon as a natural climate solution

PI Macreadie, MDP Costa, TB Atwood… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), including mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal
marshes, store carbon and provide co-benefits such as coastal protection and fisheries …

Blue growth and blue justice: Ten risks and solutions for the ocean economy

NJ Bennett, J Blythe, CS White, C Campero - Marine Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The oceans are increasingly viewed as a new frontier for economic development. Yet, as
companies and governments race to capitalize on marine resources, substantial risks can …

Carbon removal using coastal blue carbon ecosystems is uncertain and unreliable, with questionable climatic cost-effectiveness

P Williamson, JP Gattuso - Frontiers in climate, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal saltmarshes are vegetated coastal
ecosystems that accumulate and store large quantities of carbon in their sediments. Many …

Mangrove health: A review of functions, threats, and challenges associated with mangrove management practices

H Akram, S Hussain, P Mazumdar, KO Chua, TE Butt… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mangroves stand out as one of the most diverse and biologically significant natural systems
in the world. Playing critical roles in maintaining the health and productivity of coastal …

What's on the horizon for community-based conservation? Emerging threats and opportunities

N Esmail, JM McPherson, L Abulu, T Amend… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Community-based conservation can support livelihoods and biodiversity, while reinforcing
local and Indigenous values, cultures, and institutions. Its delivery can help address cross …

Exploring the effects of rural site conditions and household livelihood capitals on agricultural land transfers in China

W Wang, J Gong, Y Wang, Y Shen - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the increasing interest in influential factors of agricultural land transfer, there has
been little analysis on the role of site conditions from the spatial characteristics of …

[HTML][HTML] Redefining blue carbon with adaptive valuation for global policy

J Sheehy, J Porter, M Bell, S Kerr - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Blue carbon has multiple definitions but is mostly defined, by criteria, as specific habitats or
species: seagrass, saltmarsh, and mangrove. These qualifying criteria include significant …

A systematic review of mangrove restoration studies in Southeast Asia: Challenges and opportunities for the United Nation's Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

MEB Gerona-Daga, SG Salmo III - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mangroves provide valuable ecological and socio-economic services. The importance of
mangroves is particularly evident in Southeast (SE) Asia where the most extensive and …

A guide to international climate mitigation policy and finance frameworks relevant to the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems

MA Vanderklift, D Herr, CE Lovelock… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The protection, management and restoration of vegetated ecosystems on land and in the
ocean ('natural climate solutions') can be a useful strategy for reducing net greenhouse gas …

Blue restoration–building confidence and overcoming barriers

PJ Stewart-Sinclair, J Purandare… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Marine coastal (or “blue”) ecosystems provide valuable services to humanity and the
environment, but global loss and degradation of blue ecosystems necessitates ecological …