NOAA Blue Carbon White Paper

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• Personal Author:
  Brodeur, Jean ; Cannizzo, Zac ; Cross, Jessica ; Davis, Jenny ; Deangelo, Benjamin ; Harris, Janine ; Kinkade, Chris ; Peth, Joanna ; Samek, Kelly ; Shub, Alec ; Stedman, Susan-Marie ; Theuerkauf, Seth ; Vaughan, Lisa ; Wenzel, Lauren
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office) ; PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) ; Sea Grant ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OA (Office of Aquaculture) ; OHC (Office of Habitat Conservation) ; NOS (National Ocean Service) ; OCM (Office for Coastal Management) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
• Sea Grant Program:
  NSGO/NSGLC (National Sea Grant)
• Description:
  ‘Blue carbon’—the ability of multiple ocean and coastal ecosystems to sequester and store significant amounts of carbon—is increasingly highlighted as a nature-based climate solution with multiple co-benefits for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Blue carbon has the potential to help countries pursue the goals of the Paris Agreement by providing a trackable mechanism for carbon sequestration and storage. In addition, a strong network of healthy coastal blue carbon ecosystems —seagrasses, mangroves, and salt marshes— can protect coastal communities from storms, waves, erosion, and flooding; protect biodiversity; and provide ecosystem services that support livelihoods, culture, food security, water quality, recreation, and tourism.
• Keywords:
  Adaptation Blue Carbon Blue Carbon Ecosystems Blue Carbon Habitats Carbon Dioxide Removal, CDR Carbon Sequestration Coastal Blue Carbon Coastal Wetlands Mangroves Marine Protected Areas Mitigation National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Nationally Determined Contributions, NDCs NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory Project Resilience Salt Marshes Seagrasses

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/v5fx-r089
• Document Type:
  White Paper
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2ad9be61cafb3f9429e7347ebedc23673e3fbe92ad3b7addca3bbe3e51197a20
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/40456/noaa_40456_DS1.pdf
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