ABSTRACT
Key features:
Blue Carbon has emerged as a term that represents the distinctive carbon stocks and fluxes into or out of coastal wetlands such as marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses. The Blue Carbon concept has rapidly developed in science literature and is highly relevant politically, as nations and markets are developing blue carbon monitoring and management tools and policies. This book is a comprehensive and current compendium of the state of the science, the state of maps and mapping protocols, and the state of policy incentives (including economic valuation of blue carbon), with additional sections on operationalizing blue carbon projects and 7 case studies with global relevance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|8 pages
Defining Blue Carbon
part I|120 pages
State of Science
chapter Chapter 4|23 pages
The Fate and Transport of Allochthonous Blue Carbon in Divergent Coastal Systems
chapter Chapter 5|15 pages
Net Ecosystem Carbon Balance of Coastal Wetland-Dominated Estuaries
chapter Chapter 6|13 pages
Physical and Biological Regulation of Carbon Sequestration in Tidal Marshes
part II|52 pages
State of Mapping
chapter Chapter 13|15 pages
Mapping and Monitoring of Mangrove Forests of the World Using Remote Sensing
part III|96 pages
State of Policy
chapter Chapter 16|18 pages
Introduction of Coastal Wetlands into the IPCC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methodological Guidance
chapter Chapter 18|18 pages
Ecosystem Services and Economic Valuation
chapter Chapter 19|13 pages
Integrating Blue Carbon into Sustainable and Resilient Coastal Development
part IV|110 pages
Case Studies