Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
World Bank, IUCN, ESA PWA
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
UNKNOWN
Physical Description:
8 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37660
Legacy PEIN ID:
77670
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Natural resources - Conservation
Climate change - Mitigation
Climate change - Adaptation
Abstract
Carbon stores in seagrass beds and coastal wetlandsincluding coastal peats, tidal freshwater wetlands, salt marshes and mangrovesare vast, unaccounted natural carbon sinks. The continued degradation of these coastal ecosystems through disturbance, drainage, reclamation and conversion to other land uses has resulted in substantial emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and loss of natural carbon sequestration. Conserving and rebuilding these critical ecosystems not only mitigates GHG emissions, but delivers important co-benefits including ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. A drive to protect and rebuild coastal wetlands and seagrass beds calls for closer integration of these fragile land-ocean interfaces into national climate change actions and their inclusion into the activities of the international climate change dialogue.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
World Bank, IUCN, ESA PWA
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
UNKNOWN
Physical Description:
8 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37660
Legacy PEIN ID:
77670
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 09-Dec-2010
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021