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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].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2007.Description: x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0822341689
  • 9780822341680
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • S589.75 .H36 2007
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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].
List(s) this item appears in: Coping with Climate Change
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves S494.5.S86 W55 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800172546
Total holds: 0

"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].

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