Efforts to restore marine ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon have received a boost with the launch of a new website that provides the latest blue carbon science and policy.
Coastal ecosystems are some of the most productive on Earth. They provide essential services such as protection from storms and nursery grounds for fish. By storing ‘blue’ carbon from the atmosphere and oceans, they are an essential part of the solution to climate change.
“Our knowledge and action to maintain and restore coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrasses have increased significantly in the last two years,” says Dorothée Herr, IUCN’s Coordinator of the International Blue Carbon Initiative, of which IUCN is a partner.
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