An assessment of blue carbon in mangrove ecosystems of Seychelles has been undertaken for the first time and is now published.
Seychelles holds 2,195 ha of mangrove forests, with ∼80% of them found on the UNESCO World Heritage and RAMSAR sites of Aldabra, a protected coral atoll.
Seychelles mangrove ecosystems store 688,091 ± 18,353 tonnes of organic carbon (or 2.5 million tonnes CO2e) and an average of 477.0 ± 16.2 tonnes of carbon per hectare, with 70% of their total carbon stocks stored in their soils.
Aldabra holds the highest total carbon stocks, accounting for 67% of Seychelles’ mangrove carbon, despite having a relatively shallow soil organic layer due to the dominance of limestone and coral.
Seychelles currently protects ∼85% of its mangrove extent including Aldabra and Port Launay, a Ramsar site on Mahe Island.
Source: Assessing blue carbon in mangrove ecosystems of Seychelles
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