Response to Gallagher (2022)—the Australian Tidal Restoration for Blue Carbon method 2022—conservative, robust, and practical
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Adame, Maria Fernanda
Dittmann, Sabine
Hagger, Valerie
Hickey, Sharyn M
Hutley, Lindsay I
Jones, Alice
Kelleway, Jeffrey J
Lavery, Paul S
Macreadie, Peter I
Maher, Damien T
Mosley, Luke
Rogers, Kerrylee
Sippo, James Z
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The Blue Carbon Accounting Model (BlueCAM) is a tool for tidal restoration projects established under the Tidal Restoration for Blue Carbon method (2022) of the Australian voluntary carbon market. The commentary of Gallagher discussed that BlueCAM did not subtract allochthonous carbon, which is carbon in wetland soils from external sources, either terrestrial or marine sources, from estimated net abatement. This approach was used because all organic carbon preserved in a restored wetland soil, irrespective of its source, is deposited because the wetland was restored, and thus all carbon preserved above the baseline is “additional.” As restoration projects develop, further characterization of different soil carbon fractions as suggested by Gallagher may improve BlueCAM. BlueCAM is transparent, conservative, and importantly is feasible for implementation, as well as being consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and the Australian legislative offsets integrity standards.
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Restoration Ecology
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lovelock, C.E., Adame, M.F., Dittmann, S., Hagger, V., Hickey, S.M., Hutley, L.I., Jones, A., Kelleway, J.J., Lavery, P.S., Macreadie, P.I., Maher, D.T., Mosley, L., Rogers, K. and Sippo, J.Z. (2023), Response to Gallagher (2022)—the Australian Tidal Restoration for Blue Carbon method 2022—conservative, robust, and practical. Restor Ecol, 31: e14027, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14027. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
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Lovelock, CE; Adame, MF; Dittmann, S; Hagger, V; Hickey, SM; Hutley, LI; Jones, A; Kelleway, JJ; Lavery, PS; Macreadie, PI; Maher, DT; Mosley, L; Rogers, K; Sippo, JZ, Response to Gallagher (2022)—the Australian Tidal Restoration for Blue Carbon method 2022—conservative, robust, and practical, Restoration Ecology, 2023, 31 (8), pp. e14027