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A Conceptual Blockchain Architecture for Ecological–Financial Risk Management in Blue Carbon Markets

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Blue carbon finance is constrained by unreliable ecological data, information asymmetry, and high compliance demands. This study develops an ecological–financial governance interface within a conceptual six-layer blockchain architecture for blue carbon finance. The design combines versioned on-chain and off-chain records with a multi-party signature approval workflow and five contract modules. It is intended to support traceable hand-offs among ecological monitoring, methodology-governed accounting, MRV, credit-state management, and financial risk review. The contribution is a defined sequence from versioned ecological evidence to accounting review, credit-state records and authorised financial decisions. A synthetic worked example makes these decision rules explicit while retaining independent MRV and registry authority.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su182111290

Authors: Ping Li, Chao Liu, Hao Kong, Xuexia Wang, Peng Xu