Science Resources

This one hour video brings together leading experts, policymakers and practitioners to explore the multifaceted aspects of integrating blue carbon ecosystems into NDCs, guided by the recently published ‘Blue Carbon and Nationally Determined Contributions: Guidelines on Enhanced Actions.”

A review of three blue carbon offset credit projects for seagrass meadows, macroalgal beds, and macroalgae farming implemented in Japan.

An introduction to the blue carbon initiatives being advanced in Japan.

This methodology outlines procedures to quantify net greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals resulting from project activities implemented to restore tidal wetlands.

Advice on reporting emissions and removal from management of blue carbon ecosystems.

By incorporating coastal wetland (or blue carbon) ecosystems into National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (NGGIs), countries can improve the continual monitoring and reporting of the condition of these ecosystems and recognise the valuable contribution they provide to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This book highlights the milestones achieved over the 17 years of restoration of mangrove forests in Perancak Estuary, Indonesia (2004-2021). It also provides a synopsis of research and observation, public outreach and other activities related to mangrove ecosystem in the Indonesian Institute of Marine Research and Observation since 2004.

This study reports current organic carbon stocks and sequestration rates in the coastal areas of West Sea, South Sea, and East Sea of South Korea, encompassing entire intertidal areas using long-term field survey combined with remote sensing technology.

A peer-reviewed article in Conservation Biology on the impact of a standardized small‐scale fisheries management intervention – Rare’s ‘Fish Forever’ program.

A literature review of the science of changing behaviour for environmental outcomes.

This methodology provides a set of modules for various components of a methodology for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). This methodology is applicable to forest lands, forested wetlands, forested peatlands and tidal wetlands that would be deforested or degraded in the absence of the project activity.

In this study, sedimentary organic matters in the typical intertidal areas of South Korea were investigated to address year-round monthly distributions and site-specific sources.

This document serves as a complement to Rare’s literature review on behavior change interventions specific to the environmental sector, by covering the how of behavioral design.

The Wetlands Supplement was scoped following recommendations from the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice of the UNFCCC in 2010 and 2011 when gaps in the
2006 Guidelines were identified.

This document describes the outcomes of a workshop held by the International Partnership for Blue Carbon and University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, July 2018 that addressed the implementation of the IPCC 2013 Wetlands Supplement.

This methodology outlines procedures to estimate the reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions resulting from project activities implemented to rewet drained peatlands in temperate climatic regions. It allows for the estimation of GHG emissions from drained and rewetted peatlands and also accounts for changes in carbon stocks in selected non-peat carbon pools.

A manual for using the VCS Methodology for Tidal Wetland and Seagrass Restoration (VM0033).

Manual by the Blue Carbon Initiative aimed at standardizing protocols for sampling methods, laboratory measurements, and analysis of blue carbon stocks and fluxes.

The Wetlands Supplement extends the content of the “2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories” by filling gaps in the coverage and providing updated information reflecting scientific advances, including updating of emission factors.

This module is part of VM0007 and allows for estimating carbon stock changes and GHG emissions related to unplanned deforestation and unplanned wetland degradation in the baseline scenario.