Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), including mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal
marshes, store carbon and provide co-benefits such as coastal protection and fisheries …

Indonesia, the most mangrove-rich nation in the world, has proposed the most globally
ambitious mangrove rehabilitation target (600,000 ha) of any nation, to be achieved by 2024 …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail,
consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the …

The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Mangrove forests store high amounts of carbon, protect communities from storms, and
support fisheries. Mangroves exist in complex social-ecological systems, hence identifying …

Abstract The term Blue Carbon (BC) was first coined a decade ago to describe the
disproportionately large contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to global carbon …

Mangrove wetlands are among the most productive and carbon-dense ecosystems in the
world. Their structural attributes vary considerably across spatial scales, yielding large …

Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires rapid decarbonization and improved
ecosystem stewardship. To achieve the latter, ecosystems should be prioritized by …

Mangrove soils represent a large sink for otherwise rapidly recycled carbon (C). However,
widespread deforestation threatens the preservation of this important C stock. It is therefore …