Large volumes of organic carbon are stored in wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, peatlands, salt marshes and seagrass meadows. Efforts to mitigate anthropogenic climate change are transforming the governance of these naturally saturated carbon sinks. Scientific and market valuations of wetlands as carbon have prompted diverse experimentation with carbon sequestration projects and offset programs. These activities may displace wetland-reliant communities and add to societal equalities. This perspective paper develops the concept of carbon territoriality to explore emerging spaces of climate governance in wetlands. It moves beyond terra-centric policy debates tied to fixed and flat landscapes by integrating literature on the dynamic (sub)surface and atmospheric territorial dimensions of carbon. It posits that combining scientific knowledge of fixed carbon stocks with the inherited knowledge of coastal and riparian communities about fluid land–water connections could foster more inclusive and equitable forms of climate stewardship within biogeophysically relevant boundaries.

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陆地-水界面的碳领土


大量的有机碳储存在湿地生态系统中，如红树林、泥炭地、盐沼和海草草甸。缓解人为气候变化的努力正在改变这些自然饱和碳汇的治理。湿地作为碳的科学和市场估值促使对碳封存项目和抵消计划进行了各种实验。这些活动可能会取代依赖湿地的社区，并加剧社会平等。本观点论文发展了碳领土的概念，以探索湿地气候治理的新兴空间。它通过整合有关碳的动态（下）表层和大气领土维度的文献，超越了与固定和平坦景观相关的以陆地为中心的政策辩论。它假设，将固定碳储量的科学知识与沿海和河岸社区关于流动的陆地-水联系的继承知识相结合，可以在生物地球物理相关边界内促进更具包容性和公平性的气候管理形式。