sea4soCiety
sea4soCiety - Increasing the Carbon Sequestration Potential of Coastal Vegetative Ecosystems
Prof. Dr. B.M.W. Ratter, Dr. Michael Fink, Sarah Rabe, M.Sc.
Stage I - project duration: 01.08.2021 - 31.07.2024
Prof. Dr. B.M.W. Ratter, Dr. Michael Fink, William Vargas, M.Sc.
Stage II - project duration: 01.08.2024 - 31.07.2027
The joint project sea4soCiety aims to develop innovative and socially accepted approaches to better utilise the natural potential for carbon storage in vegetation-rich coastal ecosystems. As part of the research mission "Marine Carbon Sinks in Decarbonisation Pathways" (CDRmare) of the German Alliance for Marine Research (DAM), sea4soCiety will assess the storage capacity for "blue carbon" in four different types of coastal ecosystems (seagrass meadows, macroalgae (kelp forests), salt marshes and mangrove forests) on the German North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts, in the Caribbean (Colombia) and on Sotuheast Asian coasts (Indonesia and Malaysia).
The sea4soCiety sub-project of the working group AG Ratter is conducting participatory research on the interrelationships of blue carbon storage in terms of societal acceptance, co-benefits, risks, governance and economic valorisation potential.
Funded by BMBF.