BioCarbon: Menene kuma me yasa muke kulawa?

Daga, Mark J. Spalding, Shugaba, The Ocean Foundation

A wannan makon na yi babban sa'a don shiga kusan dozin biyu na abokan aikinmu a Seattle don taƙaitaccen bayani game da "maganin yanayi na biyu" wanda kuma aka sani da BioCarbon. A taƙaice: Idan mafita ta farko ta sauyin yanayi ita ce rage hayaki mai gurbata yanayi da kuma matsawa zuwa hanyoyin samar da makamashi da ke da ɗorewa da ƙazanta, to na biyu shi ne tabbatar da cewa ba za mu manta da waɗannan tsare-tsare na halitta waɗanda suka daɗe suna abokanmu a ciki ba. cirewa da adana wuce haddi na carbon daga yanayi.

Dazuzzuka na arewa maso yamma, dazuzzukan Gabas na kudu maso gabas da New England, da tsarin Everglades a Florida duk suna wakiltar mazaunin wannan a halin yanzu yana adana carbon kuma yana iya adana ƙari. A cikin ingantaccen gandun daji, ciyawar ciyawa, ko tsarin marshland, akwai ajiyar carbon na dogon lokaci a cikin ƙasa kamar a cikin bishiyoyi da tsirrai. Wannan carbon da ke cikin ƙasa duka yana taimakawa wajen haɓaka lafiya da kuma taimakawa wajen rage wasu iskar carbon da ke ƙonewa. An yi hasashen cewa mafi girman darajar dazuzzukan wurare masu zafi a duniya ita ce karfin ajiyar carbon da suke da shi, ba kimarsu a matsayin katako ba. Hakanan an nuna cewa ƙarfin maidowa da ingantattun tsarin tushen ƙasa don adana carbon na iya saduwa da kashi 15% na buƙatun mu na sarrafa carbon. Wannan yana nufin muna buƙatar tabbatar da cewa duk gandun daji, ciyayi, da sauran wuraren zama, a cikin Amurka da sauran wurare, ana sarrafa su yadda ya kamata domin mu ci gaba da dogaro da waɗannan tsarin halitta.

Teku yana sha kusan kashi 30 cikin XNUMX na iskar carbon da muke fitarwa. Carbon shuɗi shine ɗan gajeren kwanan nan wanda ke bayyana duk hanyoyin da mazaunin bakin teku da na teku ke adana carbon. Dajin Mangrove, ciyawar teku ciyayi, da marshes na bakin teku duk suna da ikon adana carbon, a wasu lokuta ma, ko fiye da kowane nau'i na sequestration. Maido da su zuwa cikakken tarihinsu na iya zama mafarki mai kyau, kuma hangen nesa ne mai ƙarfi don tallafawa makomarmu. Mafi kyawun mazaunin da muke da shi kuma muna rage yawan damuwa da ke cikin ikonmu (misali ci gaba da gurɓatacce), mafi girman ƙarfin rayuwa a cikin teku don daidaitawa da sauran matsalolin.

A The Ocean Foundation muna aiki kan al'amuran carbon carbon tun kafa mu fiye da shekaru goma da suka wuce. A ranar 9 ga Nuwamba^th, Blue Carbon Solutions, tare da haɗin gwiwar UNEP GRID-Arundel, sun fitar da rahoton da ake kira Carbon Kifi: Binciko Sabis na Carbon Katin Vertebrate Marine, wanda ke nuna sabon fahimta mai ban sha'awa game da yadda dabbobin ruwa da suka bari a cikin teku ke taka rawar gani mai ƙarfi a cikin ikon teku don ɗauka da adana wuce gona da iri. Ga hanyar haɗi zuwa wannan Rahoton.

Ɗaya daga cikin abin ƙarfafawa don faɗaɗa maidowa da ƙoƙarin karewa shine ikon yin cinikin kuɗi don tallafawa waɗannan ayyukan don ƙwararrun iskar gas na ayyukan fitar da iskar gas a wasu wurare. An kafa Ma'aunin Carbon Tabbatarwa (VCS) don ɗimbin wuraren zama na ƙasa kuma muna haɗin gwiwa tare da Mayar da Estuaries na Amurka don kammala VCS don wasu wuraren zama na carbon shuɗi. VCS ita ce shaidar da aka sani na tsarin maidowa da muka riga mun san yana da nasara. Amfani da Kalkuleta na Carbon Carbon ɗin mu zai samar da fa'idodin da muka san za a san su a duk duniya, kamar yadda suke cim ma abubuwan da ke da kyau ga tekunan yanzu.