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WASHINGTONRestore Americas Estuaries (RAE) announced today that it has convened a blue ribbon panel of nationally recognized experts to explore the role coastal wetlands play in sequestering greenhouse gases (GHG). The panels ultimate goal is to develop a national greenhouse gas offset protocol for wetland restoration projects. Marine and tidal wetland soils remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide, one of the most significant greenhouse gases, from the atmosphere.

Composed of leaders in science, environmental engineering, public policy, and carbon offset investing, the panel is charged with examining the fields current state of knowledge, assessing information gaps, and developing accounting and monitoring guidance for carbon sequestration, through coastal wetland restoration projects.

Panel Members include: Dr. Stephen Crooks [Chair], Director, Climate Change Services, Philip Williams and Associates, Ltd.; Derik Broekhoff, Vice President for Policy, Climate Action Reserve; Tim Dillingham, Executive Director, American Littoral Society; Abe Doherty, Project Specialist, California Ocean Protection Council; Jette Findsen, Program Manager for Climate Change, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); Dr. Patrick Megonigal, Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Dr. Ken Newcombe, Chief Executive Officer, C-Quest Capital; Bradley Raffle, CEO, Conservation Capital, LLC; Dr. Eric T. Sundquist, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); and Dr. Michael Wara, Assistant Professor, Stanford Law School, and Faculty Fellow, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development.

The panel will help answer important questions, according to Jeff Benoit, President and CEO of Restore Americas Estuaries.

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