A General Methodology for Evaluation of Carbon Sequestration Activities and Carbon Credits

Carbon sequestration as part of the global warming solution – Using software to combine environmental stewardship with economic benefit

The Forestry Chronicle ◽

10.5558/tfc84162-2 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 84 (2) ◽

pp. 162-165

Author(s):

Donna St. Jean Conti

Keyword(s):

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Economic Benefit ◽

Environmental Stewardship ◽

Carbon Trading ◽

Effective Management ◽

Carbon Sinks ◽

Carbon Credits ◽

Modeling Software ◽

Natural Carbon

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of what carbon sequestration is, how forests are used as natural carbon sinks and how selling carbon credits is proving to be a potentially new revenue stream for organizations and other entities managing large tracks of forested area. Finally, this paper will show how Remsoft’s spatial planning and modeling software system enables efficient and effective management of forests as carbon sinks. Key words: carbon sequestration, carbon credits, carbon trading, forestry, forests as carbon sinks, spatial planning and modeling software, Remsoft

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EPA releases list of potential endocrine disrupters | Consensus reached on prenatal exposures | Rewarding fertilizer pollution with crop subsidies | Order matters in pesticide exposures | News Briefs: Nano needs oversight ` Congress and carbon sequestration ` Low-cost greenhouse-gas controls ` Sowing carbon credits ` Cities for sustainability | Unleashing a dioxin legacy | Florida gators battle pesticides | Lead levels high in Canadian tap water

Environmental Science & Technology ◽

10.1021/es072583j ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 41 (15) ◽

pp. 5168-5174

Author(s):

NAOMI LUBICK ◽

ROBERT WEINHOLD ◽

KRIS CHRISTEN ◽

RHITU CHATTERJEE ◽

REBECCA RENNER

Keyword(s):

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Tap Water ◽

Low Cost ◽

Endocrine Disrupters ◽

Carbon Credits ◽

Prenatal Exposures ◽

Pesticide Exposures ◽

Lead Levels

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Patterns of carbon sequestration in forests of western ghats and study of applicability of remote sensing in generating carbon credits through afforestation/reforestation

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing ◽

10.1007/s12524-009-0035-5 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 457-471 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Manish P. Kale ◽

Shirish A. Ravan ◽

P. S. Roy ◽

Sarnam Singh

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Carbon Credits

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Linking sustainable local economic development to a market-based carbon control regime: Carbon restoration projects in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa using Portulacaria afra

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences ◽

10.4102/jef.v12i1.225 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

James Polak ◽

Jeanette Snowball

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Local Economic Development ◽

Carbon Market ◽

Carbon Markets ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Carbon Credits ◽

Land Restoration ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation

Orientation: There is growing interest in how international climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes play out at the local level.Research purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the link between land restoration and carbon sequestration projects in the Eastern Cape, using Portulacaria afra (Spekboom), and market-based approaches to address global climate change.Motivation for the study: The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest areas of the country, and there is great emphasis on the establishment of economically and environmentally sustainable, as well as socially just, local economic development (LED) initiatives. However, LED projects are often not sustainable in the long run.Research design, approach and method: A mixed methods design, using data on international carbon markets, and key stakeholder interviews with those involved in LED land restoration programmes, was used. Qualitative results were analysed using Connelly’s (2007) framework for sustainable development, which included indicators for environmental protection, economic growth and social justice.Main findings: Stakeholders perceive the long-term financial sustainability of such projects as resting on their ability to earn carbon credits, despite the current very low international carbon prices.Practical/managerial implications: The long-term success of carbon-based restoration projects may depend on the establishment of a local carbon market or continued public funding. Upfront costs of land restoration projects are high and return only starts years later.Contribution/value-add: The establishment of a South African carbon market that helps carbon sequestration LED projects to meet the technical and administrative requirements needed to sell carbon credits will be an important determinant of their sustainability.

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Which species perform best in carbon sequestration and storage in planted forests? A review of the potential of Pinus and Eucalyptus

International Forestry Review ◽

10.1505/146554820831255579 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 544-557

Author(s):

C.S. Silveira ◽

L. De Oliveira ◽

E. Talamini

Keyword(s):

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Management Practices ◽

Site Index ◽

Carbon Market ◽

Carbon Credits ◽

Planted Forests ◽

Eucalyptus Saligna ◽

Effective Performance ◽

And Storage ◽

Better Than

The carbon market has been attracting attention as an additional source of revenue associated with growing planted forests. In addition to the economic importance, planted forests play an essential role in mitigating climate change due to their high potential to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and store it in soil, biomass or litter. Therefore, forest cultivation and the carbon market present win-win opportunities for both the economic and ecological systems. One question that arises for those who intend to invest in planted forests projects for carbon credits trading is: which species within Pinus or Eucalyptus, performs better in Carbon Sequestration and Storage (CSS)? Based on a systematic review of the scientific literature, we ranked the cultivated species of the genus Eucalyptus and Pinus based on their CSS performance. The findings suggest that Eucalyptus performs slightly better than Pinus, given that this supremacy was reported in 60% of the studies analyzed. However, paired analysis between species show that Pinus patula , P. halepensis, and P. radiata presented better performance than Eucalyptus saligna, E. occidentalis, and E. globulus, respectively. At the same time, Eucalyptus spp., E. cloenziana, E. grandis, and E. tereticornis performed better than Pinus spp., P. armandii, P. massoniana, P. taeda, P. caribaea, and P. roxburghii, respectively. However, species' effective performance in sequestering and storing carbon depends on other issues such as technical factors, management practices, and biophysical conditions. We identified that biophysical conditions, such as the site index, soil type, soil density, stand elevation, water deficit, soil clay, aluminum content, edaphoclimatic conditions and land use change were the most important. Thus, besides the species to be cultivated, the potential for generating carbon credits by planted forests also depends on local biophysical conditions and management practices adopted.

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