The Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project - Executive Summary

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Areas of potentially high
ecosystem service value
Seagrass
Salt marsh
Algal mat
Mangrove
Sabkha
Seagrass
Salt marsh
Algal mat
Mangrove
Coastal Sabkha
0
130
98
52
72 69
100
150
Median C (tonne / ha)
0
Seagrass
Salt marsh
Algal mat
Mangrove
Coastal Sabkha
0
130
98
52
72 69
100
150
Seagrass
Salt marsh
Algal mat
Mangrove
Coastal Sabkha
Total C (tonne)
8,170,000
1,417,000 1,388,000 330,000
28,191,000
Total C02 equivalent
(tonne)
0
130
98
52
72 69
100
150
Median C (tonne / ha)
158,000
10,000 14,000 4,000
389,000
Extent (ha)
5,195,000 5,088,000
103,365,000
29,955,000
1,209,000
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