Fig 1.
Overview of South Korea marine carbon sequestration opportunities, illustrated by Stacey McCormack, Visual Knowledge Pty Ltd.
Table 1.
Area of tidal marshes in Korea [11]. Between 1998 and 2003, a new more accurate remote sensing method was used, which is likely to be the reason for an increase in extent.
Table 2.
Summary of carbon sequestration opportunities in South Korea for recognised blue carbon habitats.
Table 3.
Korean Fisheries and Research Agency ‘marine forest creation strategy’ [29].
Fig 2.
Marine forest creation map, reflecting the sites where artificial reef structures have been used for seaweed restoration attempts.
Fig 3.
Artificial reef construction for seaweed restoration, credit: Korean Fisheries and Research Agency [29].
Table 4.
Statistics on the annual and regional collection of Sargassum horneri along the coastline and at sea from Korea Marine Environment Information Portal [https://www.meis.go.kr/portal/main.do], MOF, Korea.
Fig 4.
Sargassum horneri wrack collection Pohang beach, photographed by Peter Macreadie.
Table 5.
Summary of applicable carbon credit methodologies for South Korea.