Resources
| Resource Name | Summary | Year | Resource Types | resource_type_hfilter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A National Blue Carbon Action Plan | A National Blue Carbon Action Plan is a recommendations drafted from the 2021 meeting of the Blue Carbon National Working Group. It includes opportunities for Congress, federal and state agencies, and the Administration to implement sound blue carbon science into national and state policy. Read the full document here: National Blue Carbon Action… | February 9, 2022 | Report | report |
| Legal Issues Affecting Blue Carbon Projects on Publicly-Owned Coastal Wetlands | This study begins to provide a framework for project design by identifying legal considerations for blue carbon offset projects on public coastal wetlands. | February 1, 2020 | Report | report |
| Blue Carbon: an additional driver for restoring and preserving ecological services of coastal wetlands in Tampa Bay (FL, USA) | This review provides results from the Tampa Bay Blue Carbon Assessment, which quantified existing carbon stocks and identified the future carbon sequestration trajectories with respect to sea-level rise over the next 100 years. Examples are provided of how these data can be used to prioritize restoration efforts, support and enhance management decisions, and potentially attract new partners to support wetland restoration projects. | April 2019 | Report | report |
| Coastal Blue Carbon: An introduction for policy makers | The introduction to blue carbon for policy makers describes some of the challenges and opportunities in developing policies and undertaking projects to protect and restore coastal blue carbon ecosystems, while highlighting work already underway. It is hoped the document will serve as a reference for those who are new to blue carbon and those who are seeking to bring a greater focus on blue carbon in their jurisdictions. | 2015 | Website | website |
| Clarifying the role of coastal and marine systems in climate mitigation | This report analyzes the scientific evidence regarding whether these marine ecosystems and ecosystem components are viable long-term carbon sinks and whether they can be managed for climate mitigation. Findings could assist decision makers and conservation practitioners in identifying which components of coastal and marine ecosystems should be prioritized in current climate mitigation strategies and policies. | 2017 | Report | report |
| Incorporating Blue Carbon into Ecosystem Service Valuations for the Galveston Bay Region, Texas | This report summarizes available blue carbon data that is relevant to decision-making within the Galveston Bay region within the context of previous research that has been conducted on ecosystem services in the Galveston Bay region and along the Texas coast. | Feb 2018 | Report | report |
| Tampa Bay Blue Carbon Assessment | This study analyzed the past and future climate mitigation benefits of habitat restoration in Tampa Bay, and identified opportunities for enhanced ecosystem management that can provide agencies and community members in the region with information to support coastal management planning and prioritize restoration and climate adaptation planning. | June 2016 | Report | report |
| The K’omoks and Squamish Estuaries: A Blue Carbon Pilot Project | The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society (CVPW) and the Squamish River Watershed Society (SRWS) received funding from NAPECA to work on developing a community-based initiative for carbon assessment in estuaries. | April 2016 | Report | report |
| Coastal Blue Carbon as an Incentive for Coastal Conservation, Restoration and Management: A template for understanding options | This document describes significant factors in understanding the ways coastal blue carbon can help coastal managers achieve conservation and restoration goals. | 2015 | Report | report |
| Coastal Blue Carbon in Practice: A manual for using the VCS Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration VM0033 | This Manual is meant to be used alongside the VM0033 Methodology for Tidal Wetland Restoration to identify the key elements of blue carbon asset generation. | 2015 | Report | report |
| Coastal Blue Carbon: methods for assessing carbon stocks and emission factors in mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows | This manual was produced to help standardize protocols for sampling methods, laboratory measurements, and analysis of blue carbon stocks and fluxes. The manual will provide scientists and coastal managers with a practical tool to produce robust blue carbon data. | 2014 | Website | website |
| Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects | This guidance document details best practice principles for coastal wetland carbon projects, drawing on a long history of project development and implementation in fields of wetlands restoration, terrestrial carbon projects, carbon policy and community engagement. | 2014 | Report | report |
| Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks | The U.S. became the first nation to use these guidelines to include coastal wetlands into the National GHG Inventory. Recognizing wetlands within national inventories can empower countries to recognize the benefits of improved wetland management. The 1990-2015 U.S. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory including coastal wetlands is available online (see sections 6.8 abd 6.9 for wetlands). | 2017 | Website | website |
| 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands | The 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands(Wetlands Supplement) extends the content of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines by filling gaps in coverage and providing updated information reflecting scientific advances, including updating emission factors. | June 2014 | Report | report |
| Estimating Global “Blue Carbon” Emissions from Conversion and Degradation of Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems | This report provides the first global emissions estimates from the conversion and degradation of coastal wetland habitats impact and the subsequent economic implications. | September 2012 | Report | report |
| Global economic potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from mangrove loss | Mangroves are among the most threatened and rapidly disappearing natural environments worldwide. In addition to supporting a wide range of other ecological and economic functions, mangroves store considerable carbon. This report considers the global economic potential for protecting mangroves based exclusively on their carbon. | January 2012 | Report | report |
| A Blueprint for Blue Carbon: Toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2 | Recognition of the C sequestration value of vegetated coastal ecosystems provides a strong argument for their protection and restoration; however, it is necessary to improve scientific understanding of the underlying mechanisms that control C sequestration in these ecosystems. This report identifies key areas of uncertainty and specific actions needed to address them. | June 2011 | Report | report |
| Green Payments for Blue Carbon: Economic Incentives for Protecting Threatened Coastal Habitats | This report examines the critical question of whether monetary payments for blue carbon can alter economic incentives to favor protection of coastal habitats. | April 2011 | Report | report |
| Mitigating Climate Change through Restoration and Management of Coastal Wetlands and Near-shore Marine Ecosystems: Challenges and Opportunities | This technical report consolidates information from the literature and provides analysis on the climate change mitigation potential of seagrasses and coastal wetlands, including coastal peats, tidal freshwater wetlands, salt marshes and mangroves. | 20110301 | Report | report |
| Action Plan to Guide Protocol Development | This report presents the findings of the National Blue Ribbon Panel on the development of a greenhouse gas offset protocol for tidal wetlands restoration and management. | 2010 | Report | report |
| Capturing and Conserving Natural Coastal Carbon | Building mitigation and advancing adaption with blue carbon and coastal wetlands. | 2010 | Report | report |
| Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Typology Issues Paper: Tidal Wetlands Restoration | This report addresses issues related to developing a GHG offsets quantification methodology and performance standard for tidal wetlands in the United States. | 2009 | Report | report |
| The Management of Natural Coastal Carbon Sinks | This report focuses on the management of natural coastal carbon sinks. | 2009 | Report | report |
| Blue carbon in restored and reference salt marshes in Galveston Bay, Texas | The goals of this project were to quantify blue carbon stocks in restored coastal salt marshes in Galveston Bay, Texas. | 2017 | Report | report |
| Restore-Adapt-Mitigate: Responding to Climate Change Through Coastal Habitat Restoration | The purpose of this report is to educate habitat restoration professionals, policy makers, and the public on the impacts climate change will have on coastal habitats and the possible role habitat restoration could play in mitigating those impacts. | 2012 | Report | report |
| Coastal Blue Carbon Opportunity Assessment for the Snohomish Estuary | This study provides a first assessment of carbon fluxes over multiple decades for historic drained and future restoring wetlands. | 2014 | Report | report |
| Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration | This landmark methodology provides the procedures for how to calculate, report, and verify greenhouse gas reductions for tidal wetland restoration projects anywhere in the world. | 2014 | Report | report |
| Considering “Coastal Carbon” in Existing U.S. Federal Statutes and Policies | The authors in this report identify key steps for the inclusion of the ecosystem services of coastal habitats, including blue carbon benefits, into the implementation of existing federal policies without statutory changes. | 2013 | Article | article |
| Blue Carbon Policy Framework 2.0 | This IUCN report is based on the discussions of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group held from July 2011 and January 2012. | 2012 | Report | report |