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Mangrove blue carbon strategies for climate change mitigation are most effective at the national scale
- Source :
- Biology Letters. 14:20180251
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- The Royal Society, 2018.
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Abstract
- Carbon fixed by vegetated coastal ecosystems (blue carbon) can mitigate anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, though its effectiveness differs with the spatial scale of interest. A literature review compiling carbon sequestration rates within key ecosystems confirms that blue carbon ecosystems are the most efficient natural carbon sinks at the plot scale, though some overlooked biogeochemical processes may lead to overestimation. Moreover, the limited spatial extent of coastal habitats minimizes their potential at the global scale, only buffering 0.42% of the global fossil fuel carbon emissions in 2014. Still, blue carbon plays a role for countries with moderate fossil fuel emissions and extensive coastlines. In 2014, mangroves mitigated greater than 1% of national fossil fuel emissions for countries such as Bangladesh, Colombia and Nigeria. Considering that the Paris Agreement is based on nationally determined contributions, we propose that mangrove blue carbon may contribute to climate change mitigation at this scale in some instances alongside other blue carbon ecosystems.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Carbon Sequestration
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Climate Change
chemistry.chemical_element
Carbon sequestration
Biology
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Blue carbon
Environmental protection
Ecosystem
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
business.industry
Fossil fuel
Special Feature
Carbon sink
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Carbon
Climate change mitigation
chemistry
Wetlands
Greenhouse gas
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1744957X and 17449561
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Biology Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6e2cf261b53876de22ed25663755f87d