The Air Liquide Foundation has decided to offer a total of €120,000 over a two-year period to support the work being carried out by the IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), a European research development organisation based in Marseille, France.
The goal of the work being done is to gain a better assessment of the CO₂ budget within the mangrove of La Foa, a village in New Caledonia. The research will focus on measuring carbon concentrations at several points within this mangrove. Measurement will entail analyzing the CO₂ fluxes from various compartments of the mangrove, including the water column, the soil and the canopy (the overhang of the mangrove).
The readings will then be used to acquire a global vision of the CO₂ fluxes of the mangrove ecosystem, and will be integrated at the level of the observatories set up to track the evolution of mangroves in light of global climate changes.
The funding for this work falls within the framework of the three areas of focus chosen for the philanthropic initiatives of the Air Liquide Foundation: scientific research for the preservation of the environment.
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