As per UNESCO’s assessment of World Heritage Forests, released in October 2021, Sunderbans National Park in India is among the five sites that have the highest blue carbon stocks globally. Blue Carbon refers to capture of Carbon by World’s Ocean and Coastal Ecosystems.
What are World Heritage Forests?
World heritage forests are biodiversity rich ecosystems with a combined area of 69 million hectares, spread across 257 World Heritage sites across the world.
World Heritage forests were collectively strong carbon sinks between 2001 and 2020, with net absorption of approximately 190 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere each year.
