Harnessing farms and forests in the low-carbon economy : how to create, measure, and verify greenhouse gas offsets /
Harnessing farms and forests in the low-carbon economy : how to create, measure, and verify greenhouse gas offsets /
edited by Zach Willey and Bill Chameides ; [contributing authors, Gordon R. Smith and others].
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2007.
- x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
"The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.
Introduction : the role of landowners and farmers in the new low-carbon economy -- The process of creating offsets -- Land-management options for creating offsets -- Step 1 : scoping the costs and benefits of a proposed project -- Step 2 : determining additionality and baselines -- Step 3 : quantifying the carbon sequestered in forests -- Step 4 : quantifying the carbon sequestered in soil -- Step 5 : quantifying greenhouse gas emission from manure -- Step 6 : quantifying and minimizing methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil -- Step 7 : estimating leakage or off-site emissions caused by the project -- Step 8 : verifying and registering offsets -- Conclusion : putting these guidelines into practice.
As the United States moves to a low-carbon economy in order to combat global warming, credits for reducing carbon dioxide emissions will increasingly become a commodity that is bought and sold on the open market. This is a how-to-manual for farmers, traders, and investors who want to participate in future carbon markets.--[book cover].
0822341689 9780822341680
2007014064
GBA749427 bnb
013778830 Uk
Alternative agriculture--Environmental aspects--Evaluation.
Carbon sequestration--Measurement.
Carbon dioxide sinks--Measurement.
Emissions trading--Evaluation.
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Carbon dioxide mitigation.
Forest ecology.
Carbon offsetting.
Agriculture--Economic aspects.
S589.75 / .H36 2007
S589.75 / .H36 2007
"The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.
Introduction : the role of landowners and farmers in the new low-carbon economy -- The process of creating offsets -- Land-management options for creating offsets -- Step 1 : scoping the costs and benefits of a proposed project -- Step 2 : determining additionality and baselines -- Step 3 : quantifying the carbon sequestered in forests -- Step 4 : quantifying the carbon sequestered in soil -- Step 5 : quantifying greenhouse gas emission from manure -- Step 6 : quantifying and minimizing methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil -- Step 7 : estimating leakage or off-site emissions caused by the project -- Step 8 : verifying and registering offsets -- Conclusion : putting these guidelines into practice.
As the United States moves to a low-carbon economy in order to combat global warming, credits for reducing carbon dioxide emissions will increasingly become a commodity that is bought and sold on the open market. This is a how-to-manual for farmers, traders, and investors who want to participate in future carbon markets.--[book cover].
0822341689 9780822341680
2007014064
GBA749427 bnb
013778830 Uk
Alternative agriculture--Environmental aspects--Evaluation.
Carbon sequestration--Measurement.
Carbon dioxide sinks--Measurement.
Emissions trading--Evaluation.
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Carbon dioxide mitigation.
Forest ecology.
Carbon offsetting.
Agriculture--Economic aspects.
S589.75 / .H36 2007
S589.75 / .H36 2007