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An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration
Restoration Ecology, Vol.31(7), e13739
09/2023
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Abstract
Restoration of coastal wetlands has the potential to deliver both climate change mitigation, called blue carbon, and adaptation benefits to coastal communities, as well as supporting biodiversity and providing additional ecosystem services. Valuing carbon sequestration may incentivize restoration projects; however, it requires development of rigorous methods for quantifying blue carbon sequestered during coastal wetland restoration. We describe the development of a blue carbon accounting model (BlueCAM) used within the Tidal Restoration of Blue Carbon Ecosystems Methodology Determination 2022 of the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), which is Australia's voluntary carbon market scheme. The new BlueCAM uses Australian data to estimate abatement from carbon and greenhouse gas sources and sinks arising from coastal wetland restoration (via tidal restoration) and aligns with the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories. BlueCAM includes carbon sequestered in soils and biomass and avoided emissions from alternative land uses. A conservative modeled approach was used to provide estimates of abatement (as opposed to on-ground measurements); and in doing so, this will reduce the costs associated with monitoring and verification for ERF projects and may increase participation in blue carbon projects by Australian landholders. BlueCAM encompasses multiple climate regions and plant communities and therefore may be useful to others outside Australia seeking to value blue carbon benefits from coastal wetland restoration.
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- Title
- An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration
- Creators
- Catherine E. Lovelock - University of QueenslandMaria Fernanda Adame - Griffith UniversityJennifer Bradley - Clean Energy (United States)Sabine Dittmann - College of Science & Engineering Flinders University, GPO Box 2100 Adelaide South Australia 5001 AustraliaValerie Hagger - School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland 4072 AustraliaSharyn M. Hickey - The School of Agriculture and Environment, and The Oceans Institute The University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia 6009 AustraliaLindsay Hutley - Charles Darwin UniversityAlice Jones - School of Biological Sciences and Environment Institute University of Adelaide South Australia 5000 Australia, South Australian Department for Environment and Water Adelaide South Australia 5000 AustraliaJeffrey J. Kelleway - University of WollongongPaul Lavery - Edith Cowan UniversityPeter I. Macreadie - Deakin UniversityDamien T. Maher - Southern Cross UniversitySoraya McGinley - Clean Energy (United States)Alice McGlashan - Capital UniversitySarah Perry - Clean Energy (United States)Luke Mosley - School of Biological Sciences and Environment Institute University of Adelaide South Australia 5000 AustraliaKerrylee Rogers - University of WollongongJames Z. Sippo - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Restoration Ecology, Vol.31(7), e13739
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
- Grant note
- Clean Energy Regulator, Australian Government Australian Research Council. Grant Number: FL200100133 Queensland Government. Grant Number: Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship
- Identifiers
- 991013036352302368
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Authors. Restoration Ecology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Ecological Restoration. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Queensland, as part of the Wiley - The University of Queensland agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Environment, Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article