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Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation
Authors
Ariane Arias Ortiz
Trisha B. Atwood
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Jeff Baldock
Camila Bedulli
Toni Cannard
Robert Canto
Paul Carnell
Rod M. Connolly
Paul Donaldson
Carlos M. Duarte
Alba Esteban
Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis
Bradley D. Eyre
Matthew A. Hayes
Pierre Horwitz
Lindsay B. Hutley
Christopher R. J. Kavazos
Jeffrey J. Kelleway
Gary A. Kendrick
Kieryn Kilminster
Anna Lafratta
Paul S. Lavery
Shing Lee
Catherine E. Lovelock
Peter I. Macreadie
Damien Maher
Núria Marbà
Pere Masqué Barri
Miguel A. Mateo
Richard Mount
Stuart Phinn
Peter J. Ralph
Chris Roelfsema
Mohammad Rozaimi
Radhiyah Ruhon
Cristian Salinas
Jimena Samper-Villarreal
Jonathan Sanderman
Christian J. Sanders
Isaac Santos
Oscar Serrano
Chris Sharples
Andrew D. L. Steven
Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física
Publication date
1 January 2019
Publisher
'Springer Science and Business Media LLC'
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Abstract
© 2019, The Author(s). Policies aiming to preserve vegetated coastal ecosystems (VCE; tidal marshes, mangroves and seagrasses) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions require national assessments of blue carbon resources. Here, we present organic carbon (C) storage in VCE across Australian climate regions and estimate potential annual CO2 emission benefits of VCE conservation and restoration. Australia contributes 5–11% of the C stored in VCE globally (70–185 Tg C in aboveground biomass, and 1,055–1,540 Tg C in the upper 1 m of soils). Potential CO2 emissions from current VCE losses are estimated at 2.1–3.1 Tg CO2-e yr-1, increasing annual CO2 emissions from land use change in Australia by 12–21%. This assessment, the most comprehensive for any nation to-date, demonstrates the potential of conservation and restoration of VCE to underpin national policy development for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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