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Blue Carbon Policy Framework: Based on the discussion of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group
… 2 Crooks, S. et al. 2011 Mitigating Climate Change through Restoration and Management of Coastal Wetlands and Near-shore … National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), the Land-Use, and some Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) activities including …
Ramsar Fact Sheet 8 Keep Peatlands wet for a better future
… Fact Sheet 8 Peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth’s land surface, but store more carbon than all the world’s … huge amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are released making restoration of great importance for climate change … permission from IPS Peat < 5 % Peat 5 % – 10 % Peat > 10 % land area Mangroves Islands with peat Bays / lagoons often …
Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… and include: a) direct threats, including drainage and land conversion, excavation, burning, over- grazing, … subject to similar threats. Opportunities exist for the restoration of such areas. Applying the Ramsar Criteria to … can occur as a human-made wetland type, under 3 (irrigated land, including irrigation channels and rice fields), and 4 …