{"id":14898,"date":"2021-07-06T23:09:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T23:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/?p=14898"},"modified":"2021-07-06T23:09:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T23:09:11","slug":"protecting-salmon-strongholds-slowing-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/2021\/07\/06\/protecting-salmon-strongholds-slowing-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Salmon Strongholds, Slowing Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The strong overlap between salmon ecosystems and priority lands for carbon sequestration offers an opportunity for new land-based strategies to stop climate change.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As international efforts to reverse <a href=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/science\/ready-for-change\/\">climate change<\/a> gather new urgency, land-based strategies could play a major role. In the United States, <strong>improvements in land management could absorb up to a fifth of annual emissions<\/strong>\u2014the equivalent to taking all cars and trucks off the road\u2014according to a 2018 study led by The Nature Conservancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Salmon Center is working to harness this tool to protect salmon stronghold ecosystems in two ways: by conserving large natural landscapes that already sequester carbon, and by restoring salmon watersheds in ways that increase their carbon-sequestering abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Salmon, Carbon and Climate\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/641573300?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With our colleagues at Ecotrust, we\u2019re mapping the <a href=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/where-we-work\/\">North Pacific<\/a> and getting a clearer picture of the strong overlap between salmon ecosystems and priority lands for carbon sequestration. This map is organized into carbon storage categories that represent roughly five equal-sized land distributions. The most important lands for carbon storage\u2014those storing more than 110 tons of carbon per hectare\u2014are marked in deep green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-14905 is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PacificSalmonStrongholds-carbon-map-1500-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PacificSalmonStrongholds-carbon-map-1500-copy.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PacificSalmonStrongholds-carbon-map-1500-copy-600x288.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PacificSalmonStrongholds-carbon-map-1500-copy-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PacificSalmonStrongholds-carbon-map-1500-copy-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PacificSalmonStrongholds-carbon-map-1500-copy-768x369.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption>Only 20% of land has carbon stores of more than 110 tons per hectare (<a href=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PacificSalmonStrongholds-carbon-map-1500-copy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see larger map<\/a>). Map produced by Ecotrust. Source: Noon et al. 2021. Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth\u2019s ecosystems. Under review.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In Khabarovsk, where WSC\u2019s Russian partners are working to create a network of protected areas for salmon and Siberian taimen, boreal forests and their underlying peatlands represent unusually high carbon storage potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-14909 is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1159\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Khabarovsk_carbon_1500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Khabarovsk_carbon_1500-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Khabarovsk_carbon_1500-1-600x464.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Khabarovsk_carbon_1500-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Khabarovsk_carbon_1500-1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Khabarovsk_carbon_1500-1-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption>Map by Ecotrust.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaska\u2019s Bristol Bay region (anchored by the Nushagak (left) and Kvichak rivers outlined lower left), home to the world\u2019s largest run of sockeye salmon &#8212; and the threat of Pebble Mine, is a massive tract of largely undeveloped carbon-absorbing wetlands and peatlands the size of Wisconsin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-14907 size-full is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1159\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Alaska_carbon_map_1500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Alaska_carbon_map_1500.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Alaska_carbon_map_1500-600x464.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Alaska_carbon_map_1500-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Alaska_carbon_map_1500-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/WSC_Alaska_carbon_map_1500-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption>Map by Ecotrust.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining temperate rainforest rivers in coastal Alaska, British Columbia, Washington\u2019s Olympic Peninsula, and the Oregon Coast also offer globally significant carbon storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goal is to provide policymakers, the philanthropic community, and the carbon finance sector with hard evidence of the clear climate benefits of keeping salmon strongholds intact and safe from large-scale logging, mining, and other destructive development. And that could accelerate increased protections and restoration across the North Pacific, from the Lower 48 to the Russian Far East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Protecting important salmon watersheds should be part of a land-based climate strategy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"acf-fields-container\" data-post-id=\"14898\" data-canto-acf=\"true\"><div class=\"acf-field-image\" data-field-name=\"hero_image\" data-field-type=\"image\"><h3 class=\"acf-field-label\">Hero Image<\/h3><img src=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OR_Nehalem_DHerasimtschuk-1500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"acf-image\" data-id=\"14902\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OR_Nehalem_DHerasimtschuk-1500.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><style>\r\n        .acf-fields-container {\r\n            margin: 2em 0;\r\n            width: 100%;\r\n            clear: both;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-field-image {\r\n            margin: 1.5em 0;\r\n            position: relative;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-field-label {\r\n            margin-bottom: 1em;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-image {\r\n            max-width: 100%;\r\n            height: auto;\r\n            display: block;\r\n            margin: 1em 0;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strong overlap between salmon ecosystems and priority lands for carbon sequestration offers an opportunity for new land-based strategies to stop climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,68,15],"tags":[77,59,34],"class_list":["post-14898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-maps","category-news","tag-climate-change","tag-map","tag-science"],"acf":[],"canto_acf_fields":"<div class=\"acf-fields-container\" data-post-id=\"14898\" data-canto-acf=\"true\"><div class=\"acf-field-image\" data-field-name=\"hero_image\" data-field-type=\"image\"><h3 class=\"acf-field-label\">Hero Image<\/h3><img src=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OR_Nehalem_DHerasimtschuk-1500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"acf-image\" data-id=\"14902\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wildsalmoncenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OR_Nehalem_DHerasimtschuk-1500.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><style>\r\n        .acf-fields-container {\r\n            margin: 2em 0;\r\n            width: 100%;\r\n            clear: both;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-field-image {\r\n            margin: 1.5em 0;\r\n            position: relative;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-field-label {\r\n            margin-bottom: 1em;\r\n        }\r\n        .acf-image {\r\n            max-width: 100%;\r\n            height: auto;\r\n            display: block;\r\n            margin: 1em 0;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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