Priority questions for the next decade of blue carbon science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03020-6

"The term ‘blue carbon’ has transitioned from a scientific concept to a formal component of climate policy. Introduced in 2009, it initially referred to the carbon captured and stored by rooted coastal vegetated ecosystems, including mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses, characterized by high organic carbon accumulation rates and large, persistent soil carbon stocks1. Since then, research and policy have increasingly focused on the manageability of these three blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), particularly how their conservation and restoration can support climate mitigation by enhancing carbon capture and avoiding emissions from their degradation or loss, while also delivering adaptation co-benefits such as coastal protection and biodiversity support. With growing data availability, the scope of blue carbon science has broadened to consider additional ‘emerging’ BCEs (for example, macroalgal forests and tidal flats) with potential relevance for climate mitigation."

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"Despite this substantial progress, underrepresented and emerging BCEs remain excluded from global frameworks, markets and natural capital accounting107. Expanding research to verify their effectiveness in delivering a wide range of ecosystem services will be critical for refining natural capital accounts and ensuring that BCE co-benefits and trade-offs are accurately represented."

#OpenAcess #Ecology #BlueCarbon

This week in forest news:
🌲 Renoster pivots from rating to removals with Apollo

🛰 ForestScan sets a new biomass benchmark

🌊 Blue carbon gains in the Maldives

📑 Brazil’s Amazon states prep integrity playbook
From Maine to Malaysia, the credibility race is on.
#forestfinance #VCM #biomass #bluecarbon #Brazil #Maldives #forests

https://groundtruth.app/renosters-pivot-forestscans-map-and-tropical-trade-offs/

🌍 This week in forest finance:
🇧🇷 $141B on Brazil’s restoration ledger

🌊 A cost tool for blue carbon investments

🌲 California’s $18B wildfire fund

💸 $250M for U.S. afforestation startup Chestnut Carbon
From pastures to coastlines, capital is moving.
#forestfinance #Brazil #BlueCarbon #California #wildfire #afforestation #carbonmarkets #NetZero

https://groundtruth.app/blue-carbon-tools-brazils-pitch-and-californias-push/

#ScarboroughLandTrust acquires 130 acres to expand #conservation area

The 130-acre addition to #SilverBrookPreserve expands contiguous conserved lands.

Dana Richie, July 30, 2025

"The Scarborough Land Trust is expanding its green footprint in Western Scarborough with the addition of a 130-acre parcel to the Silver Brook Preserve at 65 Hanson Road.

"This is a sizable boost to the preserve that was previously made up of a 19-acre parcel purchased in 2001 and an 18-acre parcel purchased in 2024. And it expands the contiguous block of conserved land in the area to 943 acres, 600 of which are within the SLT’s stewardship.

" 'It really rounds out 25 years of conservation efforts,' said Christine Labaree, president of the land trust’s board of directors.

"The Silver Brook Preserve is home to a variety of wildlife including wild brook trout, spotted turtles, deer, bobcats, bats and maybe even a black bear or two.
And the land directly abuts #BroadturnFarm, a 434-acre parcel under the SLT’s stewardship complete with a working farm and wooded trails — the spot where Andrew Mackie, executive director of the land trust, and Labaree met on a hot and sticky afternoon.

"While walking along the #MapleSugarTrail by the edge of an open field full of tall grasses speckled with trees, Mackie said that the Silver Brook Preserve is across the tree line in the distance. Plunging deeper in the woods, past a still brook surrounded by a canopy of green, he pointed to a tree that bore a sign for the Stonewall Loop, a 1-mile trail in the Western corner of the property.

"Mackie explained that the land trust plans to extend that loop into the Silver Lake Preserve property, adding about 2 miles of trails and parking onto the new parcel within the next two years.

"Right now, the Silver Brook Preserve is open to the public for activities like hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, wildlife observation, hunting and fishing, and Mackie said that the land trust is still figuring out a lot of the policies for the preserve, like whether dogs will be required to be leashed.

"Western Scarborough isn’t the only area in town where the land trust is working to 'seed and grow' its conserved areas. There are 500 acres of contiguous conserved land in Pleasant Hill, made up of the 187-acre #PleasantHillPreserve and 300-acre #RachelCarsonNationalWildlifeRefuge. And #WarrenWoods, which was originally 162 acres in 2012, is now 313 acres, with plans in the works to connect trails to The Downs.

" 'The goal is that every neighborhood in Scarborough has opportunities to have access to open land,' Labaree said. The land trust is working with the town to achieve its goal of '30 by 30' — to preserve 30% of its land by 2030. According to Labaree, the town is currently at 23%.

"And Mackie said that these larger land parcels are more attractive in the long term because they are more ecologically sustainable, provide varying habitats for #wildlife and are easier to maintain."

Source:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/07/30/scarborough-land-trust-acquires-130-acres-to-expand-conservation-area/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/qaDNC

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#PreserveNature #LandConservation #LandForMainesFuture #SpendTimeInNature #RachelCarson

#Mangroves Show Surprising Resilience to Storms in a Changing Climate https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/everglades-mangroves-show-surprising-resilience-storms-changing-climate

Resilience to Hurricanes Is High in Mangrove #BlueCarbon Forests https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.70124

"It's a good sign that mangroves in the #Everglades are and will continue to be relatively resilient to the types of disturbances we know they're going to experience in the future... all the carbon lost after #hurricanes Wilma and Irma was recovered within four years"

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