04 Oct 2022
New research in the journal PLOS Climate has estimated that by eliminating mobile bottom fishing it could reduce seabed carbon disturbance by 27-67%. Below is an extract from the article abstract: ‘Mobile bottom fishing using trawls and dredges may cause significant reductions in seabed sediment organic carbon stores, limiting the oceanic carbon sink. […]
30 Aug 2022
New research on the vulnerability of the UK’s seabed carbon stores to the pressures from bottom trawling by fishing boats could help protect vulnerable shelf seas. Researchers from the University of St Andrews have collaborated with Scottish Government scientists to develop a new predictive approach that will help assess how vulnerable the UK’s seabed […]
16 Aug 2022
Introducing in the latest issue of ECO magazine, the senior editor Kira Coley writes that “the potential of blue carbon goes well beyond the restoration of important coastal habitats and mitigating climate change. If done right, there is also potential to grow economies, improve the livelihoods of local communities and see financial returns for those […]
09 Aug 2022
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Ocean launched an inquiry into Blue Carbon and Ocean-Based Solutions to Climate Change. The inquiry will look at ocean-based solutions to climate change and the role of blue carbon and has set ten introductory questions, however respondents are encouraged to submit any and all thoughts that they […]
02 Aug 2022
Restoring coastal vegetation – so called ‘blue carbon’ habitats – may not be the nature-based climate solution it is claimed to be, according to a new study. In their analysis researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA), the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the OACIS initiative of the Prince Albert […]
19 Jul 2022
Blue carbon experts have been successful in their bids for funding up to £10,000 per project, following the launch of the Blue Carbon International Policy Challenge (BCIPC) in April by Minister for Environment and Land Reform, Mairi McAllan. The BCIPC has supported new international partnerships to share knowledge and find ways to move from research to action […]
19 Jul 2022
The UK will become the first nation to produce a complete map of its blue carbon stores, thanks to a new, pioneering project, the Scottish association for Marine Science (SAMS) has announced: The Blue Carbon Mapping project – led by SAMS and funded by WWF-UK in collaboration with The Wildlife Trusts and RSPB – builds on […]
19 Jul 2022
Wildlife and Countryside Link (WCL) have released a report entitled ‘Tackling the climate crisis through ocean protection’. In it, they make the following key recommendations to the UK Government for tackling the climate crisis through ocean protections (alongside real term emissions cuts through ending the use of fossil fuels): Ensure that the Marine Protected Area […]
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