On the morning of September 26, Jiangsu Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve and Tencent completed the blue carbon ecosystem carbon sink transaction (Jiangsu Yancheng Coastal Salt Marsh Ecological Restoration Carbon Sink Project, hereinafter referred to as the project) signing ceremony. This is the first salt marsh carbon sink trading project in China, marking the breakthrough of salt marsh blue carbon trading in our country, to realize the sustainable development of ecosystem value, and has an exemplary role.

The project is based on the alkali-reed salt marsh ecosystem formed after the implementation of salt marsh restoration projects such as water diversion and moisture replenishment and spartina alterniflora control in Jiangsu Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve. The carbon sink project is developed by relying on the Carbon Sink Measurement and Monitoring Method of Coastal Salt Marsh Ecological Restoration Project.

It is reported that this is not only the first certified carbon sink product of coastal salt marsh ecosystem in China, but also an effective exploration of the value realization path of market-oriented ecological products in China's Marine field. The project, located in the Yancheng World Natural Heritage Site, highlights the effectiveness of the protection and restoration of coastal wetland ecosystems, and has positive significance for slowing down climate warming, protecting biodiversity and maintaining the healthy development of ecosystems. Jiangsu Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve, as one of the largest wetland reserves in China, carries rich biological resources, is China's largest wild red-crowned crane overwintering population and many rare and endangered protected animals habitat. Coastal salt marsh ecological restoration not only has an extremely important carbon sink function, but also undertakes multiple ecosystem service functions such as biodiversity protection.