Australia's zero greenhouse gas ambitions could be at risk if a vast reserve of carbon stored beneath the gin-clear waters off WA is released to the atmosphere, says a leading marine ecologist.
Australia's zero greenhouse gas ambitions could be set back if a vast reserve of carbon stored in a seabed off Western Australia is released into the atmosphere, according to a leading marine ecologist.
"We lost over 1,300 square kilometres of seagrasses in the system that were capping all that organic carbon in the sediment, so now when storms come they disturb the sediment release all of that buried carbon," Professor Kendrick said."That's not industrial, not human-derived and that's not calculated in the Australian government's calculation of our annual production of carbon dioxide. It's extra.
He said there was also huge potential for ongoing corporate and government funding for ecosystems services because the restoration would have a positive impact on Shark Bay's globally important biodiversity and commercial fisheries.The project funding was locked in more than a year ago and an application lodged with the state government nine months ago. It had been revised three times without consent granted.
"Any approval for ongoing restoration will be based on monitoring results of the trial and the proponent's effective demonstration of capacity to deliver on their project's objectives in an environmentally and socially acceptable way," the spokesperson said.The chief executive officer of Tidal Moon, Michael Wear, said the potential for ongoing funding could provide much-needed training and employment for the Malgana people of Shark Bay.
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