Keys to successful blue carbon projects: Lessons learned from global case studies

Marine Policy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-84

  Wylie, Lindsay ^a   Sutton Grier, Ariana E ^b   Moore, Amber ^c,d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration and storage; Seagrass, salt marsh and mangroves; Soil carbon; UNFCCC; Voluntary carbon market

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FINANCE; MANGROVE; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; SOIL CARBON; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

INDIA; KENYA; MADAGASCAR; VIET NAM;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84953277021     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.020     Document Type: Article

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