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New Approach to Blue Carbon Projects Underway in Colombia
A mangrove preservation project along Colombia’s Caribbean coast is using a more comprehensive method to calculate how much carbon is stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, potentially boosting global efforts to conserve so-called blue carbon.
Conservation International, working with several partners in Colombia, is spearheading a mangrove protection initiative in Cispatá, Colombia that calculates not only the amount of carbon stored above-water in mangrove trees but also the amount stored underwater in roots and soil. Previous blue carbon projects in mangrove forests have generally counted only carbon stored above water. But since as much as 60 percent of a wetland’s or a mangrove forest’s carbon is sequestered underwater, the new accounting method increases the amount and value of carbon that communities can claim if they protect mangrove forests.
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Cispatá mangrove forest on Colombia s Caribbean coast | Credit: Conservation International / Daniel Uribe
Mangrove project could mark turning point for blue carbon credit market and protecting damaged CO2 stores, claims Conservation International
Scientists claim to have developed a rigorous new method for measuring the vast amounts of carbon stored both below and above water in mangrove forests, with a plan to begin issuing verified blue carbon.
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