Estimating Australia's 'Blue Carbon' Potential

摘要

The program will also quantify the value of other benefits these ecosystems provide for coastal protection, fisheries and biodiversity.Mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes, also known as 'blue carbon' ecosystems, lock up carbon at faster rates than most land ecosystems. CSIRO research scientist and project co-leader Dr Andy Steven said the conservation and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems could deliver substantial emissions reductions, while also delivering other important benefits to the environment and local communities.The 30-month project will take advantage of existing knowledge on how much carbon is stored in these ecosystems and the rates at which it is sequestered, as well as satellite-based earth observation technology and computer modelling to estimate their net emissions reduction potential.