Government urged to focus on Blue Carbon action

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By Veena Thoopkrajae with additional report by Patcharee Luenguthai

 

Building Blue Carbon ecosystems should become an integral part of national mitigation and carbon sink plans, said Assistant Professor Thon Thamrong-Nawasawat of the Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University.

 

Research findings indicate that Blue Carbon has a larger capacity to capture and store carbon dioxide than forests, yet it is only in the last 4 or 5 years that it has captured real attention in Thailand. Blue carbon is the carbon dioxide captured by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems and stored in the form of biomass and sediments from mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses.

 

Asst. Prof. Thon has been exploring seagrasses in Thailand since 1984. With his steady perseverance in research work and experiments, he is gaining greater interest and support from public and private organizations for a seagrass restoration project. Studies show that cooperation from communities and suitable ecosystems in the area are required to plant seagrass successfully.

 

Now, the Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University is collaborating with various big businesses, among them Bangchak, PTT Exploration and Production, and Singha Estate, as well as Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Public Organization), the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization, and local administration organizations to initiate a feasibility study in seagrass plantations and restoration in the pilot areas of Koh Man in Rayong, Koh Mak and Koh Kradat in Trat, and Koh Pha Ngan, Koh Samui and Koh Tan in Surat Thani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/government-urged-to-focus-on-blue-carbon-action/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-12-03

 

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[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

yet it is only in the last 4 or 5 years that it has captured real attention in Thailand. Blue carbon is the carbon dioxide captured by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems and stored in the form of biomass and sediments from mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses.

Maybe a certain very large Thai conglomerate family should stop tearing up mangrove forests to make way for shrimp ponds?