Authors:
Zhiliang Zhu and Chris Lowie
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
carbon-storage, ecosystem-service, wetlands
Documentfile:
ipc16p663a167zhu.lowie_.pdf
Summary:
In a recently completed national assessment of ecosystem carbon sequestration, wetlands (including both freshwater and tidal water, woody and emergent) in the continental United States (CONUS) were found to account for about 4 percent of the total land area, but 8.8 percent of the terrestrial carbon stock and 9.3 percent of the total terrestrial carbon sink. On average, the CONUS wetlands contain 14 Kg of carbon per square meter, and sequester 0.126 Kg of carbon per square meter per year. Using the social cost of carbon discounted to year 2015 at a rate of 3 percent as a simple indication of the value of the ecosystem service provided by wetlands in the…