Safely protect the Earth's green carbon source

On March 25, at the Conference on Marine Environment, with the participation of the world's leading experts, the United Nations warned about the destruction or degradation of coastal carbon ecosystems like mangroves, sea ​​grass, swamps, coastal wetlands . are considered the "green carbon source" of the Earth.

The United Nations stressed the destruction of these coastal carbon ecosystems is accelerating the process of emitting carbon dioxide (CO2) into oceans and the atmosphere.

Organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and International Conservation (CI) . have called on the national community. Act urgently to prevent the production of huge emissions of greenhouse gases caused by the destruction of coastal carbon ecosystems.

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The United Nations has established an international team of experts to promote scientific, policy objectives and manage the Earth's green carbon resources.

Environmental experts stressed that devastating coastal carbon ecosystems will release a huge amount of CO2 accumulated thousands of years in the ground. The total amount of CO2 accumulated in 1 km ^{2 of} the coastal carbon ecosystem is 5 times greater than the amount of CO2 accumulated in 1km2 of tropical forest due to the ability to absorb and store CO2 of higher coastal ecosystems of folding tropical forests. 50 times. Every 1 km ^{2 of} the dry wetlands will release 0.25 million tons of CO2.

Therefore, urgent action is needed to protect the coastal carbon ecosystem as this is one of the few most effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while protecting the coast and seafood resources. pre-cyclone and tsunami.

During the period of 1980-2005, over 35,000 km ² of coastal mangroves were destroyed globally and each year the region liberated 0.175 billion tons of CO2, equivalent to emissions from the Netherlands or Venezuela.