Mangrove Forest Carbon Trapping

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Mangroves

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A mangrove is a shrub or small evergreen tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. 

They live on Saltwater and take in tons of Carbon Dioxide

They save the coastline from erosion 

http://www.jeremiahjamescreates.com/mangrove-ecosystem-illustration/
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https://blog.nature.org/science/2013/10/11/new-science-mangrove-forests-carbon-store-map/
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Here is a Map of Where they Live

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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/47427/mapping-mangroves-by-satellite

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Blue Carbon

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Blue carbon is the term for carbon captured by the world's ocean and coastal ecosystems.
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Blue Carbon is along the coast
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https://reefresilience.org/blue-carbon/blue-carbon-introduction/

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https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-11-28/blue-carbon-an-effective-climate-mitigation-and-drawdown

​Sea grasses, mangroves, and salt marshes along our coast "capture and hold" carbon, acting as something called a carbon sink. 

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Carbon SInk

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http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/methodology/components/mangroves-condition

http://mangrovesforfiji.com/mangroves/carbon-sequestration/
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https://ecoviva.org/7-reasons-mangroves-matter/

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Biosequesters

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Mangrove forests are biosequesters. 

Biosequestration is the process of capturing and storing carbon in living organisms such as plants and algae
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https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/biological-sequestration-biosequestration-concept-importance-and-need-1511521543-1
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https://www.greenfleet.com.au/ARCHIVE/Biosequestration

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Sink and SOurce

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Biomass is Kept Underground

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https://reefresilience.org/blue-carbon/blue-carbon-introduction/
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https://blog.nature.org/science/2013/10/11/new-science-mangrove-forests-carbon-
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PROTECTING the mangrove forest Protects The World 

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https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sci0030lg.jpeg

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Mangrove Destruction

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https://www.amnh.org/explore/videos/biodiversity/mangroves-the-roots-of-the-sea/mangrove-threats-and-solutions