LEADER 05543nam 22008295 450 001 9910299450603321 005 20251116135935.0 010 $a81-322-2107-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-81-322-2107-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000291667 035 $a(EBL)1966214 035 $a(OCoLC)908085314 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001386141 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11742509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001386141 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11351492 035 $a(PQKB)10370543 035 $a(DE-He213)978-81-322-2107-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1966214 035 $a(PPN)183089146 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000291667 100 $a20141120d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlue Carbon Reservoir of the Blue Planet /$fby Abhijit Mitra, Sufia Zaman 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aNew Delhi :$cSpringer India :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a81-322-2106-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aChapter 1: The Blue Zone of the Planet Earth -- Chapter 2: Biodiversity of the Blue Zone -- Chapter 3: Blue Carbon Assessment -- Chapter 4: Blue Carbon in Floral Community -- Chapter 5: Phytoplankton Carbon Stock -- Chapter 6: Blue Carbon in Faunal Community -- Chapter 7: Threats to Blue Carbon Reservoir -- Chapter 8: Road Map to Expand Blue Carbon Reservoir. 330 $aThe ever increasing emission of carbon dioxide due to rapid industrialization, urbanization, unplanned tourism and alteration of land use pattern is causing unprecedented changes to marine biodiversity. Irrespective of political philosophy, nation, caste, sex and religion, mankind is under the appalling shadow of climate change. Today nature-based approaches for the mitigation of climate change are increasingly accepted as part of the low-cost solution. Thrust has been given by several scientific communities to assess the magnitude and viability of carbon sequestering potential of plants. Coastal producer communities like mangroves, salt marsh grass, sea grass beds, and seaweeds absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide during the process of photosynthesis. This carbon known as the ?blue carbon? is thus associated with the marine and estuarine ecosystems. However, a number of gaps in our scientific knowledge on blue carbon domain still exist. Molluscs, coral reefs, phytoplankton, which are amongst the important storehouses of carbon, have not been addressed. Very few scientific studies on the carbon stored in these valuable natural vaults have been performed, and no data bank is available on their carbon sequestering capacity on global basis. The methodologies for assessing blue carbon stock also need further standardization so that credit from blue carbon reservoir is accepted by the International bodies in the form of a concrete policy. It is a matter of great appreciation that Conservation International (CI), the International Union for Conservation of Natural Resources (IUCN), and the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO is collaborating with governments, research institutions, non-governmental and international organizations, and communities around the world to develop management approaches, financial incentives and policy mechanisms for ensuring conservation and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems and implement projects around the world that demonstrate the feasibility of blue carbon accounting, management, and incentive agreements. The present book has critically presented the data bank for each community of blue carbon not merely in the form of text description, but also through case studies that are the outcomes of research projects and pilot programmes. 606 $aOceanography 606 $aClimate 606 $aEcology 606 $aEcology 606 $aMarine sciences 606 $aFresh water 606 $aPopular works 606 $aOceanography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G25005 606 $aClimate, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/300000 606 $aEnvironment, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U00009 606 $aEcology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19007 606 $aMarine & Freshwater Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U36000 606 $aPopular Science, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q00007 615 0$aOceanography. 615 0$aClimate. 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aMarine sciences. 615 0$aFresh water. 615 0$aPopular works. 615 14$aOceanography. 615 24$aClimate, general. 615 24$aEnvironment, general. 615 24$aEcology. 615 24$aMarine & Freshwater Sciences. 615 24$aPopular Science, general. 676 $a333.7 676 $a500 676 $a55 676 $a551.4 700 $aMitra$b Abhijit?$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0881858 702 $aZaman$b Sufia$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299450603321 996 $aBlue Carbon Reservoir of the Blue Planet$92520043 997 $aUNINA