Increasing Forest Carbon Sequestration through Cooperation and Shared Strategies between China and the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 2033-2034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guofan Shao ◽  
Limin Dai ◽  
Jeffrey S. Dukes ◽  
Robert B. Jackson ◽  
Lina Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration

Evaluating a tax-based subsidy approach for forest carbon sequestration

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEONG-HOON CHO ◽  
JUHEE LEE ◽  
ROLAND K. ROBERTS ◽  
BURTON C. ENGLISH ◽  
EDWARD T. YU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Property Taxes ◽  
County Level ◽  
Viable Approach ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration

SUMMARYForest carbon sequestration plays an important role in reducing the build-up of greenhouse gases that are known to contribute to global climate change. However, private landowners will supply less carbon sequestration than would be socially desirable if they are unable to capture the economic value of sequestration. We examine the viability of offering landowners property tax subsidies for forest carbon sequestration (referred to as a ‘tax-based subsidy approach’). Waiving property taxes on forestland provides incentives for landowners to afforest non-forested land and/or sustain forests that are at risk of deforestation. We focus on 17 Tennessee counties and one Kentucky county, constituting one of 179 Bureau of Economic Analysis areas in the United States, as a case study. Higher forestland net return from waiving property taxes increases the share of forestland in the 18 counties, which in turn increases the accumulation of carbon in the forest ecosystem, suggesting that this is a viable approach. The annualized county-level cost of supplying forest carbon sequestration using a tax-based subsidy ranges between US$15.56 and US$563.58 per carbon tonne across the 18 counties. Relevant government agencies can use these estimates to target selected counties for more cost-effective adoption of the county-level tax-based subsidy approach.

scholarly journals Evaluating non-industrial private forest landowner willingness to manage for forest carbon sequestration in the southern United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puskar N. Khanal ◽  
Donald L. Grebner ◽  
Ian A. Munn ◽  
Stephen C. Grado ◽  
Robert K. Grala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration

scholarly journals Estimating Leakage from Forest Carbon Sequestration Programs

2004 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C. Murray ◽  
Bruce A. McCarl ◽  
Heng-Chi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration
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