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November saw the launch of an innovative concept report
entitled Fish Carbon: An Exploration of Marine Vertebrate
Carbon Services42 which explores natural mechanisms of
carbon cycling for all marine vertebrates in all marine
ecosystems, from shallow coasts to ocean depths. The
report was released at the Blue Forests Project Inception
Workshop in November 2014 (see 5G below) and has
been hosted on the GEF International Waters website. As
with the Blue Carbon Projects report, an invited webinar
on the subject matter was presented by GRID-Arendal
in November, through the EBM Tools Network and
OpenChannels Forum.
The Blue Carbon Portal43 continues to be updated
consistently and serves as a home for the blue carbon
publications, presentations and other materials.
Linking fish to climate change
Extract from the Preface of Fish Carbon: Exploring Marine
Vertebrate Carbon Services provided by Dr. Sylvia Earle,
Founder of Mission Blue and a former Chief Scientist of NOA:
“‘Fish Carbon: Exploring Marine Vertebrate Carbon Services’
highlights the direct relevance of marine vertebrates to climate
change mitigation and presents an opportunity to secure
this service … through the protection and conservation of
marine vertebrates. Acknowledging the importance of marine
life in climate change will not only provide much needed
opportunities for climate mitigation, but will simultaneously
enhance food security for coastal and island communities,
while safeguarding biodiversity and marine ecosystems on a
global scale, particularly in the unprotected high seas.”
SIGNIFICANT OUTCOME MC
42. See also http://www.