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.
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Tag: blue carbon 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.