Valuing the European ‘coastal blue carbon’ storage benefit

Luisetti, Tiziana, Jackson, Emma and Turner, R. Kerry (2013) Valuing the European ‘coastal blue carbon’ storage benefit. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 71 (1-2). 101–106. ISSN 0025-326X

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Abstract

‘Blue’ carbon ecosystems are important carbon storage providers that are currently not protected by any international mechanism, such as REDD. This study aims to contribute to raising awareness in the political domain about the ‘blue’ carbon issue. This analysis also provides guidance in terms of how to value stock and flows of ecosystem services adding to the debate begun by the Costanza et al. (1997) paper in Nature. Through scenario analysis we assess how human welfare benefits will be affected by changes in the European coastal blue carbon stock provision. The current extent of European coastal blue carbon has an accounting stock value of about US$180 million. If EU Environmental Protection Directives continue to be implemented and effectively enforced, society will gain an appreciating asset over time. However, a future policy reversal resulting in extensive ecosystem loss could mean economic value losses as high as US$1 billion by 2060.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: coastal blue carbon,posidonia oceanica,saltmarsh,accounting stock value,ecosystem services
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 17 May 2016 11:01
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 01:09
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/58776
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.029

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