Rodrigo Vargas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware. He completed his PhD at the University of California-Riverside and a postdoc at the University of California-Berkeley. His research interests focus on how biophysical factors regulate greenhouse gas dynamics in terrestrial…
Stefanie Simpson and Nikki Rovner of The Nature Conservancy will share their insights on blue carbon project design and implementation. They will provide an overview of the project development process, including challenges faced along the way and approaches for addressing them, along with examples from early pilot projects. You don’t…
This webinar will cover efforts to improve the understanding of blue carbon resources through inventorying and mapping. Panelists from the US Climate Alliance, the World Resources Institute and Duke University will discuss their efforts to include blue carbon as part of greenhouse gas inventories and resource maps. WRI has produced…
Verra has released the first blue carbon conservation methodology approved under any major GHG program, which is expected to unlock new sources of finance for tidal wetland conservation and restoration activities. This methodology is a revision to the VCS REDD+ Methodology Framework (VM0007) which adds blue carbon conservation and restoration…
Published April 22, 2020 Presenter: Read Porter of Roger Williams University School of Law Restoration projects in coastal wetlands can provide a range of benefits for habitat and ecosystems, including by increasing sequestration of “blue carbon.” Coastal wetland restoration projects that effectively sequester carbon and meet the requirements of the…
Researchers studying blue carbon habitats in the Gulf of Mexico as they discuss status and trends in mangrove, seagrass, and marsh blue carbon habitat.
Learn about the Coastal Carbon Research Coordinating Network (CCRCN) and their new Coastal Carbon Atlas tool.
Published: June 1, 2017 Guest speakers Dr. Steve Crooks (Silvestrum Climate Associates) and Dr. Meredith Muth (NOAA) talk about the US effort to include coastal wetlands into the National Inventory of Emissions and Sinks. As of 2017 reporting, coastal wetlands are included within the inventory.
Published: February 2017 Webinar hosted by the NASA Carbon Monitoring System Application Policy Speaker Series featuring RAE’s Blue Carbon lead, Stefanie Simpson, presenting on Blue Carbon Market Opportunities and Science Needs.
Published: February 8, 2017 With increasing recognition of the role natural systems have in climate mitigation, where should management initiatives focus? In this webinar, authors of a recently published paper – Clarifying the role of coastal and marine systems in climate mitigation – analyze the scientific evidence and potential management role of…
