Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach
Ecosystem-based conservation that includes carbon sinks, alongside a linked carbon credit system, as part of a nature-based solution to combating climate change, could help reduce greenhouse gas levels and therefore the impact of their emissions. Blue carbon habitats and pathways can also facilitate...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:532732 2023-05-15T13:41:46+02:00 Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach Bax, Narissa Barnes, David K.A. Pineda-Metz, Santiago E.A. Pearman, Tabitha Diesing, Markus Carter, Stefanie Downey, Rachel V. Evans, Chris D. Brickle, Paul Baylis, Alastair M.M. Adler, Alyssa M. Guest, Amy Layton, Kara K.S. Brewin, Paul E. Bayley, Daniel T.I. 2022-06-10 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532732/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532732/1/fmars-09-872727.pdf https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.872727/full?utm_source=F-NTF&utm_medium=EMLX&utm_campaign=PRD_FEOPS_20170000_ARTICLE en eng Frontiers Media https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532732/1/fmars-09-872727.pdf Bax, Narissa; Barnes, David K.A. orcid:0000-0002-9076-7867 Pineda-Metz, Santiago E.A.; Pearman, Tabitha; Diesing, Markus; Carter, Stefanie; Downey, Rachel V.; Evans, Chris D.; Brickle, Paul; Baylis, Alastair M.M.; Adler, Alyssa M.; Guest, Amy; Layton, Kara K.S.; Brewin, Paul E.; Bayley, Daniel T.I. 2022 Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 872727. 13, pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.872727 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.872727> cc_by_4 CC-BY Ecology and Environment Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.872727 2023-02-04T19:53:22Z Ecosystem-based conservation that includes carbon sinks, alongside a linked carbon credit system, as part of a nature-based solution to combating climate change, could help reduce greenhouse gas levels and therefore the impact of their emissions. Blue carbon habitats and pathways can also facilitate biodiversity retention, aiding sustainable fisheries and island economies. However, robust blue carbon research is often limited at the scale of regional governance and management, lacking both incentives and facilitation of policy-integration. The remote and highly biodiverse coastal ecosystems and surrounding continental shelf can be used to better inform long-term ecosystem-based management in the vast South Atlantic Ocean and sub-Antarctic, to synergistically protect both unique biodiversity and inform on the magnitude of nature-based benefits they provide. Understanding key ecosystem information such as their location, extent, and condition of habitat types, will be critical in understanding carbon pathways to sequestration, threats to this, and vulnerability. This paper considers the current status of blue carbon data and information available, and what is still required before blue carbon can be used as a conservation management tool integrated in national Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) initiatives. Our research indicates that the data and information gathered has enabled baselines for a number of different blue carbon ecosystems, and indicated potential threats and vulnerability that need to be managed. However, significant knowledge gaps remain across habitats, such as salt marsh, mudflats and the mesophotic zones, which hinders meaningful progress on the ground where it is needed most. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic South Atlantic Ocean Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Frontiers in Marine Science 9 |
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Ecosystem-based conservation that includes carbon sinks, alongside a linked carbon credit system, as part of a nature-based solution to combating climate change, could help reduce greenhouse gas levels and therefore the impact of their emissions. Blue carbon habitats and pathways can also facilitate biodiversity retention, aiding sustainable fisheries and island economies. However, robust blue carbon research is often limited at the scale of regional governance and management, lacking both incentives and facilitation of policy-integration. The remote and highly biodiverse coastal ecosystems and surrounding continental shelf can be used to better inform long-term ecosystem-based management in the vast South Atlantic Ocean and sub-Antarctic, to synergistically protect both unique biodiversity and inform on the magnitude of nature-based benefits they provide. Understanding key ecosystem information such as their location, extent, and condition of habitat types, will be critical in understanding carbon pathways to sequestration, threats to this, and vulnerability. This paper considers the current status of blue carbon data and information available, and what is still required before blue carbon can be used as a conservation management tool integrated in national Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) initiatives. Our research indicates that the data and information gathered has enabled baselines for a number of different blue carbon ecosystems, and indicated potential threats and vulnerability that need to be managed. However, significant knowledge gaps remain across habitats, such as salt marsh, mudflats and the mesophotic zones, which hinders meaningful progress on the ground where it is needed most. |
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Bax, Narissa Barnes, David K.A. Pineda-Metz, Santiago E.A. Pearman, Tabitha Diesing, Markus Carter, Stefanie Downey, Rachel V. Evans, Chris D. Brickle, Paul Baylis, Alastair M.M. Adler, Alyssa M. Guest, Amy Layton, Kara K.S. Brewin, Paul E. Bayley, Daniel T.I. |
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Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach |
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Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach |
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Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532732/1/fmars-09-872727.pdf Bax, Narissa; Barnes, David K.A. orcid:0000-0002-9076-7867 Pineda-Metz, Santiago E.A.; Pearman, Tabitha; Diesing, Markus; Carter, Stefanie; Downey, Rachel V.; Evans, Chris D.; Brickle, Paul; Baylis, Alastair M.M.; Adler, Alyssa M.; Guest, Amy; Layton, Kara K.S.; Brewin, Paul E.; Bayley, Daniel T.I. 2022 Towards incorporation of blue carbon in Falkland Islands marine spatial planning: a multi-tiered approach. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 872727. 13, pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.872727 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.872727> |
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