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Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

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Oscar Serrano1, Catherine E. Lovelock2, Trisha B. Atwood2, Trisha B. Atwood3, Peter I. Macreadie4, Robert Franklin C Canto2, Stuart R. Phinn2, Ariane Arias-Ortiz5, Le Bai6, Jeff Baldock7, Camila Bedulli8, Camila Bedulli9, Paul E. Carnell4, Rod M. Connolly10, Paul Donaldson, Alba Esteban1, Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis4, Bradley D. Eyre11, Matthew A. Hayes10, Matthew A. Hayes2, Pierre Horwitz1, Lindsay B. Hutley6, Christopher R. J. Kavazos12, Christopher R. J. Kavazos1, Jeffrey J. Kelleway13, Gary A. Kendrick8, Kieryn Kilminster8, Kieryn Kilminster14, Anna Lafratta1, Shing Lee15, Shing Lee10, Paul S. Lavery16, Paul S. Lavery1, Damien T. Maher11, Núria Marbà16, Pere Masqué, Miguel Ángel Mateo1, Miguel Ángel Mateo16, RE Mount17, Peter J. Ralph18, Chris Roelfsema2, Mohammad Rozaimi1, Mohammad Rozaimi19, Radhiyah Ruhon8, Radhiyah Ruhon20, Cristian Salinas1, Jimena Samper-Villarreal2, Jimena Samper-Villarreal21, Jonathan Sanderman22, Jonathan Sanderman7, Christian J. Sanders11, Isaac R. Santos11, C Sharples17, Andrew D. L. Steven7, Toni Cannard7, Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett4, Carlos M. Duarte23, Carlos M. Duarte8 •
Edith Cowan University1, University of Queensland2, Utah State University3, Deakin University4, Autonomous University of Barcelona5, Charles Darwin University6, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation7, University of Western Australia8, Sao Paulo State University9, Griffith University10, Southern Cross University11, University of New South Wales12, University of Wollongong13, Department of Water14, The Chinese University of Hong Kong15, Spanish National Research Council16, University of Tasmania17, University of Technology, Sydney18, National University of Malaysia19, Hasanuddin University20, University of Costa Rica21, Woods Hole Research Center22, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology23
02 Oct 2019-Nature Communications
TL;DR: 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.
Abstract: 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. Policies aiming to preserve vegetated coastal ecosystems (VCE) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions require national assessments of blue carbon resources. Here the authors assessed organic carbon storage in VCE across Australian and the potential annual CO2 emission benefits of VCE conservation and find that Australia contributes substantially the carbon stored in VCE globally.

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