Over 80% of the global carbon cycle is circulated through the oceans, with blue carbon emerging as a key nature-based solution to fighting climate change. Blue carbon ecosystems sequester greenhouse gases approximately thirty-five times faster than tropical rainforests and can store ten to fifteen times as much carbon as their terrestrial counterparts. The
R-evolution's first foray into blue carbon began in December of 2021 when it teamed up with Beneath The Waves to conduct an initial mapping pilot of the Little Bahama Banks' seabed. The goal was twofold: one, to validate Beneath The Waves' initial findings, which indicated The
An innovative collaboration combining sensor-tagged tiger sharks, marine vessel surveys, scuba diver surveys and aerial data captured by Hexagon's airborne bathymetric LiDAR technology led to the mapping of one of the world's largest seagrass meadows on The Bahama Banks. This mapping is vital to the protection of seagrass habitat across The Bahamas Banks and providing the foundation for a sovereign blue carbon exchange.
Following successful validation of Beneath The Waves' initial research, the Bahamian Government is preparing to issue blue carbon credits that are the first of their kind, with Beneath The Waves as the end-to-end science partner and R-evolution as the mapping supplier of superior point density and depth penetration for seagrass mapping and classification.
"Blue carbon habitats, such as seagrass and salt marsh habitats, are among the most productive natural solutions at fighting climate change. Degrading these millennia-old carbon sinks may cause irreversible harm to our planet," says Hexagon President and CEO
The structure developed by the Bahamian Government involves a partnership between
R-evolution and Beneath The Waves' next commercial mapping expedition targets 1,100 square kilometres in The Exumas,
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