Abstract
Human beings have been on earth for almost six million years. Through this long journey, we have evolved physiologically and mentally and brought ourselves up as social animals. We learned to utilize the earth's valuable resources to meet daily life activities. However, in the past three centuries, the consumption of fossil fuels to meet the energy demand has pushed the environment to such an extent that it has started affecting all of us through various natural disasters. At present, phenomena like climate change, global warming, and sea-level rise have bothered all of us, directly or indirectly. Retracting the course of human development is nigh impossible. Thus, it is high time we looked for options to heal the environment instead of only using it to our benefit. Since the last century, we have been desperately looking for options to enhance the carbon sink potential of mother earth, given the excessive amount of CO2 we have emitted, and continue to do so in the name of development. We recognized the importance of terrestrial forests in sequestering CO2 long ago. We have lately discovered the potential of marine ecosystems, especially the angiosperm-dominated ones that thrive in the periphery of the coastal margins and store a substantial amount of carbon. These ecosystems include mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, salt marshes, and tidal flats. Together they are referred to as the ‘blue carbon ecosystems. Some evidence shows the promising potential of these ecosystems to combat the evil of climate change. The concept of blue carbon is merely a decade old, and already it has become quite popular among academicians and researchers. In this chapter, which introduces this book, we have given a detailed overview of the very concept of blue carbon. We tried to provide a holistic understanding of the importance of these ecosystems in mitigating climate change. We have also explicitly discussed the carbon dynamics of these ecosystems and the emerging dimensions in this arena. We also included a brief review of the present state of awareness and efforts for conservation and management practiced throughout the world. Lastly, we introduced the backdrop of the Indian Ocean, on which we have focused this entire book.
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