The value of carbon sequestration and storage in coastal habitats

Beaumont, Nicola; Jones, Laurence; Garbutt, Angus; Hansom, J.D.; Toberman, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2013.11.022

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“…Mean values from the United Kingdom are typically lower, around 120-150 gC·m -2 ·yr -1 (Beaumont et al, 2014). Carbon sequestration rates vary widely, even at nearby sites, and among different methods of measurement.…”

Section: Carbon Sequestration Ratesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Barbier et al (2011) estimate a value of $3,420 km -2 ·yr -1 , while Costanza et al (2014) calculate a mean value of $7,550 km -2 ·yr -1 (2015$) from a range of published and unpublished studies. Values from the United Kingdom range from $6,070 to $20,780 km -2 .yr -1 (Beaumont et al, 2014). All values are converted to 2015$ using year of publication exchange rates, where necessary, and the consumer price index.…”

Section: Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling the Economic Value of Blue Carbon in Delaware Estuary Wetlands: Historic Estimates and Future Projections

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Coastal wetlands sequester large amounts of carbon in their soils, effectively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and acting as a carbon sink. In this paper, we estimate the economic value of carbon sequestered by wetlands in the Delaware Estuary. We estimate the value of the current stock of wetlands, the value of the historic loss of wetlands, and under a range of different scenarios the expected future loss. We use historical topographic maps and Land Cover inventories of the Delaware Estuary to measure the acreage of tidal wetlands in nine distinct time periods from 1778 to 2011. Using these data, we estimate an annual rate of wetland loss of 1.03km 2 . Coupling observed land cover change with exogenous factors including sea-level rise, population pressure, and channel dredging, we estimate changes in tidal wetland area under a range of future scenarios for our expected future economic loss estimates. Keywords carbon sequestration; blue carbon; tidal wetlands; ecosystem services; social cost of carbon 2

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Section: Carbon Sequestration Ratesmentioning

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Modeling the Economic Value of Blue Carbon in Delaware Estuary Wetlands: Historic Estimates and Future Projections

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“…Quantifying ecosystem services is useful for demonstrating the links between humans and the environment, allowing services to be recognized, as well as impacts and trade-offs between management options. In the marine environment, the majority of valuation studies have been applied to coastal and near-shore ecosystems (e.g., Hynes et al, 2013;Beaumont et al, 2014). Here we highlight the potential economic, environmental, and social cost of damaging the ecosystem services provided by the open ocean through anthropogenic climate change, as well as some of the uncertainty associated with projecting the value of ecosystem services into the future.…”

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The Cost of Reducing the North Atlantic Ocean Biological Carbon Pump

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To predict the impacts of climate change it is essential to understand how anthropogenic change alters the balance between atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial reservoirs of carbon. It has been estimated that natural atmospheric concentrations of CO 2 are almost 200 ppm lower than they would be without the transport of organic material produced in the surface ocean to depth, an ecosystem service driven by mechanisms collectively referred to as the biological carbon pump. Here we quantify potential reductions in carbon sequestration fluxes in the North Atlantic Ocean through the biological carbon pump over the twenty-first century, using two independent biogeochemical models, driven by low and high IPCC AR5 carbon emission scenarios. The carbon flux at 1000 m (the depth at which it is assumed that carbon is sequestered) in the North Atlantic was estimated to decline between 27 and 43% by the end of the century, depending on the biogeochemical model and the emission scenario considered. In monetary terms, the value of this loss in carbon sequestration service in the North Atlantic was estimated to range between US$170-US$3000 billion in abatement (mitigation) costs and US$23-US$401 billion in social (adaptation) costs, over the twenty-first century. Our results challenge the frequent assumption that coastal habitats store more significant amounts of carbon and are under greater threat. We highlight the largely unrecognized economic importance of the natural, blue carbon sequestration service provided by the open ocean, which is predicted to undergo significant anthropogenic-driven change.

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“…This pattern is possibly explained by the fact that some of the services analyzed are provided by very specific, spatially limited benthic habitats (i.e., photic zones), or in a larger scale, by pelagic habitats, i.e., air quality and climate regulation, water quality regulation and bioremediation, nutrient cycling, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, and primary production. For example, some of them, such as climate regulation or carbon sequestration, are very important in coastal margin habitats, rather than in subtidal habitats (Beaumont et al, 2014).…”

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Mapping ecosystem services provided by benthic habitats in the European North Atlantic Ocean

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The mapping and assessment of the ecosystem services provided by benthic habitats is a highly valuable source of information for understanding their current and potential benefits to society. The main objective of this research is to assess and map the ecosystem services provided by benthic habitats in the European North Atlantic Ocean, in the context of the "Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services" (MAES) programme, the European Biodiversity Strategy and the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). In total, 62 habitats have been analyzed in relation to 12 ecosystem services over 1.7 million km 2 . Results indicated that more than 90% of the mapped area provides biodiversity maintenance and food provision services; meanwhile, grounds providing reproduction and nursery services are limited to half of the mapped area. Benthic habitats generally provide more services closer to shore-rather than offshore-and in shallower waters. This gradient is likely to be explained by difficult access (i.e., distance and depth) and lack of scientific knowledge for most of the services provided by distant benthic habitats. This research has provided a first assessment of the benthic ecosystem services on the Atlantic-European scale, with the provision of ecosystem services maps and their general spatial distribution patterns. Regarding the objectives of this research, conclusions are: (i) benthic habitats provide a diverse set of ecosystem services, being the food provision, with biodiversity maintenance services more extensively represented. In addition, other regulating and cultural services are provided in a more limited area; and (ii) the ecosystem services assessment categories are significantly related to the distance to the coast and to depth (higher near the coast and in shallow waters).

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The value of carbon sequestration and storage in coastal habitats

Cited by 149 publications

References 38 publications

Modeling the Economic Value of Blue Carbon in Delaware Estuary Wetlands: Historic Estimates and Future Projections

Modeling the Economic Value of Blue Carbon in Delaware Estuary Wetlands: Historic Estimates and Future Projections

The Cost of Reducing the North Atlantic Ocean Biological Carbon Pump

Mapping ecosystem services provided by benthic habitats in the European North Atlantic Ocean

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