Coastal Blue Carbon Forum 2018 on “standard and methodology for blue carbon” was held at ECNU on October 9-10, 2018.
Group photo of experts and participants
This forum was organized and hosted by State Key laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research at ECNU, and Institute of Eco-Chongming at ECNU, with the following co-organizers: Key Laboratory of Integrated Marine Monitoring and Applied Technologies for Harmful Algal Blooms, S.O.A., China, Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, and Pan-China Ocean Carbon Alliance, China. More than 100 experts and scholars in the field of coastal blue carbon from domestic and international colleges, universities, and research institutions attended the forum. Jianwu Tang from East China Normal University and Shufeng Ye from East China Sea Branch of Ministry of Natural Resources acted as Co-Chairs of the forum. Pingxing Ding, dean of the Faculty of Earth and Sciences, attended and addressed the opening ceremony. Nianzhi Jiao, CAS Academician, delivered a key speech at the opening ceremony which provides a blueprint for future development of blue carbon in China.
Heated discussion at the forum
The symposium focused on four topics: coastal blue carbon classification, zoning, and research status, measurement techniques and methods for coastal blue carbon stocks and the dynamic change, measurement techniques and methods for coastal blue carbon vertical and lateral fluxes, coastal blue carbon regulations and management policy.