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The Changing Wealth of Nations - Estimating Global Carbon Storage of Mangrove Ecosystems : Technical Report (English)

10 Oct 2024

The objective of this report is to provide estimatesof global carbon storage in mangrove ecosystemsby developing a dataset of mangrove biomass andsoil carbon stocks at a country level across six yearsbetween 1996 and 2020. This assessment is carriedout in support of the World Bank's new edition ofits wealth report, The Changing Wealth of Nations(CWON). CWON 2024 will be the fifth report in aflagship series that has attracted global attention towealth as a complementary metric to gross domesticproduct for assessing economic prosperity. The aim isto improve the measurement of nations' wealth, witha focus on renewable natural capital; and enhanceunderstanding of the role comprehensive wealth andespecially natural capital play in ensuring growth,sustainability, and resilience to shocks and stressorssuch as climate change.The results of this assessment will inform theinclusion of mangrove carbon storage as aform of renewable natural capital and improveunderstanding of the broad range of mangroveecosystem services
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Authors

World Bank

Disclosure Date
2024/10/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The Changing Wealth of Nations - Estimating Global Carbon Storage of Mangrove Ecosystems : Technical Report
Pages
41
Product Line
Advisory Services & Analytics
Published in
United States of America
Rel Proj ID
1W-The Changing Wealth Of Nations (Cwon) 2.0 -- P178446
TF No/Name
TF0B8116-CWON 2.0 Data,TF0B8149-CWON 2.0 Analytics,TF0B8562-CWON 2.0 Developing global ecosystem accounts for carbon storage,TF0B9008-4.2.- Producing blue natural capital accounts for The Changing Wealth o,TF0B9400-CWON 2.0 contribution to PROGREEN objectives,TF0B9609-CWON 2.0 Roadmap for pilot water account,TF0C0675-Integrating natural capital into global CGE models,TF0C0984-Integrating renewable energy into the national wealth accounts and anal,TF0C1352-Developing Adjusted Net Savings Indicators
Unit Owning
Planet - GLOBAL ENR PM (SENGL)
Version Type
Final
Volume No
1

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