Leveraging Carbon Services of Coastal Ecosystems for Habitat Protection and Restoration

Coastal Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 259-277

  Sutton Grier, Ariana E ^a   Moore, Amber ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

blue carbon; carbon market; climate mitigation; IPCC; salt marsh, mangroves, and seagrasses; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; WETLANDS;

CARBON MARKETS; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; IPCC; SEAGRASSES; UNFCCC;

SHORE PROTECTION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MANGROVE; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84965054969     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2016.1160206     Document Type: Article

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