Great work - this is so helpful to have all in one place! Regarding the mangrove section, is the cost/ton of CO2 offset by co-benefits like storm/flood mitigation, fishing/foraging/touristry income from intact ecosystems, drought/fire prevention etc? I wonder if that restoration work doesn't need to be done anyway in many places to prevent disasters and/or ecological/economic collapse, in which case the CO2 banking might just be a fraction of the picture.
Hey Katrina - thanks for the feedback and interacting :)!
You’re completely right, I read in a paper that for every dollar spent to restore mangroves, the ecosystem will yield $6.83 to $10.50 in returns over the next 20 years. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211109120342.htm Is the link if you’re interested. But I definitely think if you purely evaluate it as a carbon sequestration tool that it’s not as promising as the others, but has by far the most co-benefits.
Great work - this is so helpful to have all in one place! Regarding the mangrove section, is the cost/ton of CO2 offset by co-benefits like storm/flood mitigation, fishing/foraging/touristry income from intact ecosystems, drought/fire prevention etc? I wonder if that restoration work doesn't need to be done anyway in many places to prevent disasters and/or ecological/economic collapse, in which case the CO2 banking might just be a fraction of the picture.
Hey Katrina - thanks for the feedback and interacting :)!
You’re completely right, I read in a paper that for every dollar spent to restore mangroves, the ecosystem will yield $6.83 to $10.50 in returns over the next 20 years. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211109120342.htm Is the link if you’re interested. But I definitely think if you purely evaluate it as a carbon sequestration tool that it’s not as promising as the others, but has by far the most co-benefits.