Three international agencies the World Bank, IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) and ESA PWA mentioned that there are about 500 million tons of carbon dioxide that has been released into the air from the mangrove forests around the world in the last 100 years. According to ESA director of Climate Change Services PWA, Stephen Crooks, research shows that carbon reserve in the mangrove forest larger four to five times more than carbon stocks in tropical forests.
"For the first time we know the greenhouse gas emissions significantly and globally from drying and degradation of wetlands in coastal areas and can occur continuously to remove the carbon for decades," Crooks said, as quoted by Republika.
Institute Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia to prioritize suggested that mangrove forest for conservation as one way to tackle climate change. Senior researcher from CIFOR, Daniel Murdiyarso explained that the research results from CIFOR and the U.S. Forest Service turned out to save the mangrove forest showed far more carbon than tropical forests.
"Mangroves have many traits in common with peatlands, such as carbon storage under very high surface and deal with deforestation and degradation of a large scale. Mangroves should get the same level of protection such as peat, "said Daniel.
CIFOR-U.S. Forest Service showed that mangrove forests are four times more dense than store carbon dioxide in the highlands of tropical forests. While the opening and destruction of mangrove ecosystems is estimated at 10 percent of global deforestation emissions, although the vast mangrove forest is only 0.7 percent of the total area of tropical forest.
Institute Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia to prioritize suggested that mangrove forest for conservation as one way to tackle climate change. Senior researcher from CIFOR, Daniel Murdiyarso explained that the research results from CIFOR and the U.S. Forest Service turned out to save the mangrove forest showed far more carbon than tropical forests.
"Mangroves have many traits in common with peatlands, such as carbon storage under very high surface and deal with deforestation and degradation of a large scale. Mangroves should get the same level of protection such as peat, "said Daniel.
CIFOR-U.S. Forest Service showed that mangrove forests are four times more dense than store carbon dioxide in the highlands of tropical forests. While the opening and destruction of mangrove ecosystems is estimated at 10 percent of global deforestation emissions, although the vast mangrove forest is only 0.7 percent of the total area of tropical forest.
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