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Reply to Comment by Bunting et al. on “Global Declines in Mangrove Area and Carbon‐Stock From 1985 to 2020”

Chengyuan Ju, Dongjie Fu, Vincent Lyne, Han Xiao and 2 more

Geophysical Research Letters | Jun 30, 2026

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Abstract In this response to the commentary by Bunting et al., we argue that our primary objective was to address a carbon question: how global mangrove carbon stocks evolved over the past 35 years by combining multi‐decadal maps with biomass and soil carbon data sets. Our objective was neither to identify the “best” mangrove distribution map for nations, nor to supersede existing mangrove distribution data sets. Instead, we emphasized the important contributions of these products, we also acknowledged the evident and widespread differences among these products due to inherent challenges. These challenges were far more pronounced in the mid‐1980s. Thus, to pioneer mangrove carbon estimation for that era, we reconstructed the 1985 distribution as a pragmatic initial approximation rather than a final authoritative standard, we have made data sets publicly available to enable specialized teams to develop more accurate and authoritative 1980s mapping, thereby advancing the assessment of long‐term mangrove dynamics and carbon stocks.

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Chengyuan Ju

first | Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dongjie Fu

middle | Chinese Academy of Sciences | ORCID 0000-0003-3062-2727

Vincent Lyne

middle | University of Tasmania | ORCID 0000-0002-7718-4050

Han Xiao

middle | Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering | ORCID 0000-0001-8727-8053

Fenzhen Su

middle | Chinese Academy of Sciences | ORCID 0000-0003-4972-3595

Hao Yu

last | Chinese Academy of Sciences | ORCID 0000-0002-7647-1162

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@article{Ju2026Reply,
  title = {Reply to Comment by Bunting et al. on “Global Declines in Mangrove Area and Carbon‐Stock From 1985 to 2020”},
  author = {Chengyuan Ju and Dongjie Fu and Vincent Lyne and Han Xiao and Fenzhen Su and Hao Yu},
  journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1029/2025gl121242},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1029/2025gl121242}
}

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