gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47688 eng UTF8 dataset Office for Coastal Management resourceProvider Cothran, Jeremy jeremy.cothran@gmail.com pointOfContact 2026-04-30T00:00:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Establishing a Blue Carbon Network for the Gulf Coast - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative) Establishing a Blue Carbon Network for the Gulf Coast - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative) 2017-09-01 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 47688 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47688 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Simpson15 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download Restore America's Estuaries is partnering with the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Training Program Initiative and the five research reserves in the Gulf Coast to promote blue carbon projects. Through workshops planned around the Gulf, the project team will facilitate discussions about current needs and opportunities related to blue carbon. The project team will also help to establish local working groups and provide technical assistance through a targeted Gulf Coast blue carbon training workshop. The goal is to support new projects that advance local understanding of blue carbon science and help pilot ways to use emerging carbon markets to fund coastal wetland restoration and conservation. This science transfer project was funded by NOAA through the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative to promote the use of science. It did not produce any new data. The Gulf Coast continues to lose coastal wetlands at an alarming rate. In addition to improving water quality, stabilizing shorelines, and providing habitat, coastal wetlands sequester and store significant amounts of carbon in their soils. Valuation of this climate mitigation service-referred to as blue carbon- could lead to increased prioritization and funding for coastal conservation and restoration. Moreover, coastal managers are now being asked to consider the greenhouse gas management implications of their decisions. For example, when coastal ecosystems are degraded or drained, the carbon stored in their soils can be released back into the atmosphere, resulting in significant emissions. Emerging carbon markets could provide funding for wetland conservation and restoration, supporting the protection of these substantial carbon stores. completed asNeeded EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 23.3 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > ESTUARINE WETLANDS theme NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science and Services Keywords blue carbon theme Apalachicola Bay NERR, FL Grand Bay NERR, MS Mission-Aransas NERR, TX Rookery Bay NERR, FL Weeks Bay NERR, AL place DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NERRS project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Establishing a Blue Carbon Network for the Gulf Coast - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47688. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. 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Requested citation format: NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative(NSC). otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: The distributor does not assume liability. unclassified eng; US oceans -85.24 -84.68 29.58 30.22 Apalachicola Bay, FL NERR -88.48 -88.39 30.31 30.43 Grand Bay, MS NERR -97.3 -96.75 27.82 28.32 Mission Aransas, TX NERR -81.78 -81.455 25.8 26.1 Rookery Bay, FL NERR -87.855 -87.77 30.305 30.477 Weeks Bay, AL NERR | Currentness: Ground Condition 2015-09-01 2017-08-01 Stephen Emmett-Mattox Restore America’s Estuaries sem@estuaries.org (720) 300-3139 Partners: Apalachicola Bay NERR, FL Grand Bay NERR, MS Mission-Aransas NERR, TX Rookery Bay NERR, FL Weeks Bay NERR, AL Weeks Bay Foundation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program TerraCarbon Restore America's Estuaries NOAA Office of Habitat Conservation Gulf of Mexico Coastal Training Program Initiative http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Simpson15 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Simpson15 Online Resource download