Defining the Future OF
Kelp forests can sequester carbon at a high rate, and Carbon finance could fund kelp forest
restoration projects globally.
BUT
Scientists cannot yet fully quantify carbon sequestration from kelp forests, and this holds back funding and policy development around kelp forest restoration.
Our $1.5M scientific study could unlock hundreds of millions of dollars for global kelp forest restoration.
Through an ambitious combination of science, policy and market mechanisms.
This is embodied in the BLUE+ idea
1. A new methodology for kelp forest conservation
2. Measures multiple benefits of kelp forests
3. Combines funding streams
1. Scientific research to quantify carbon
sequestration potential of kelp forests
2. Policy work to enable kelp forest conservation as a blue carbon resource
3. Development of a Verra carbon offset methodology for kelp forests
Kelp forests are highly dynamic ecosystems with complex carbon accounting. Only a multi-year study with multiple PI's studying biological, chemical and physical oceanography can quantify carbon sequestration with enough accuracy to produce a viable methodology.
1. Quantify atmospheric CO2 sequestered permanently in
the ocean
2. Quantify carbon contained in a healthy kelp forest
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FUNDRAISING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
FUNDRAISING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
