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… Herr, D. Pidgeon, E. and Laffoley, D. (eds.) (2012). Blue Carbon Policy Framework: Based on the discussion of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN and … vegetation and other natural processes over centuries. The storage of carbon is the consequence of the capacity of those …

… cover only 3% of the Earth’s land surface, but store more carbon than all the world’s forests combined – if they are … features that make peatlands so important for long-term carbon storage. Drainage of peatlands also leads to loss of carbon …

… an increase in the quantity of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, in the atmosphere … and oxygen and many natural greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone gas, and … provides that parties must count both the sequestration (storage) and the emission of greenhouse gases from eligible …

… to biological diversity, global water issues, global carbon retention relevant to climate change, and wetland … local and regional climates; h) capacity to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and store it for long periods of … importance than small areas for their hydrological, carbon storage and palaeoarchive values and because they incorporate …