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Blue Carbon - The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon

• Nellemann, C. et al., UNEP, FAO and IOC/ UNESCO • Energy Solutions

The objective of this report is to highlight the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems in maintaining our climate and in assisting policy makers to mainstream an oceans agenda into national and international climate change initiatives. While emissions’ reductions are currently at the centre of the climate change discussions, the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems has been vastly overlooked.

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The Charisma of Coastal Ecosystems: Addressing the Imbalance

• Duarte, C.M. et al., Estuaries and Coasts • Energy Solutions • Fisheries & Aquaculture

Coastal ecosystems including coral reefs, mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and salt marshes are being lost at alarming rates, and increased scientific understanding of causes has failed to stem these losses.

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