Experience bringing coastal wetlands to the U.S. GHG Inventory and carbon markets
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Steve Crooks is a wetland scientist / geomorphologist with 20 years post-PhD experience in the science and practice of wetland restoration. He has served in many roles bridging academia and private sector to deliver scientifically credible and practicable bestpractice solutions for coastal management. After working in academic institutes in the UK with climate scientists and economists Steve joined a leading engineering consultancy specialized in ecosystem restoration as a senior geomorphologist. He started their climate change practice. More broadly, Steve has focused on defining best-practice climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. He was a Lead Author of the IPCC 2013 Wetland Supplement. He is a NASA Carbon Monitoring System Principal Investigator, is co-founder of the International Blue Carbon Initiative. He is an author of the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Wetland Restoration and Conservation requirements, and a Wetland Expert for the VCS. Steve is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commissions Mangrove Specialist Group. |
| About the Talk Steve will present on how they are using the data from the CMS Blue Carbon Project to incorporate coastal wetlands into the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory and carbon markets. He will also discuss the challenges, carbon data needs and gaps in quantifying emissions from coastal wetlands. CMS Principal Investigator, Lisamarie Windham-Myers from the USGS, will discuss the emerging insights from the CMS Blue Carbon Project, including lessons learned and next steps in linking satellite and soil data to validate coastal wetland blue carbon inventories.
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