Blue Carbon - A Rapid Feasibility Study 2011 - page 13

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Setting
The Arabian Peninsula region considered in
this report extends from the border of Kuwait
and Iraq on the Persian Gulf on the northeast
to the border of Saudi Arabia and Jordan on
the Red Sea.
Figure 1:
The Arabian Peninsula
Figure 2:
The Carbon Cycle. Oceans are crucial in the global carbon cycle. The living oceans capture over half of all the carbon bound by
living organisms through photosynthesis.
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