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  • First ever blue carbon in Seychelles mangrove ecosystems

    First ever blue carbon in Seychelles mangrove ecosystems

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    NatureSeyBE
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    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…