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Record Nr.

UNINA9910696805503321

Autore

Diaz David D

Titolo

Engaging western landowners in climate change mitigation : a guide to carbon-oriented forest and range management and carbon market opportunities / / David D. Diaz, Susan Charnley, and Hannah Gosnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 81 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

General technical report PNW ; ; GTR-801

Altri autori (Persone)

CharnleySusan

GosnellHannah

Soggetti

Forest management - Environmental aspects - United States

Climate change mitigation - United States

Carbon sequestration - United States

Carbon dioxide mitigation - United States

Carbon dioxide - Environmental aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed May 19, 2010).

"December 2009."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-76).

Sommario/riassunto

"There are opportunities for forest owners and ranchers to participate in emerging carbon markets and contribute to climate change mitigation through carbonoriented forest and range management activities. These activities often promote sustainable forestry and ranching and broader conservation goals while having the potential to provide a new income stream for landowners. We describe current carbon market opportunities for landowners, discuss common steps they must typically undergo to take advantage of these opportunities, and address related questions. We also provide a synthesis of the existing scientific literature on how different forest and range management practices are thought to contribute to carbon sequestration, including current debates on this topic. The science regarding forestry and carbon sequestration is more advanced and less controversial than that for range management, and more opportunities



exist for forest owners to participate in carbon markets than for ranchers. We describe some of the challenges of including landowners in carbon markets, and issues that will likely need to be addressed to develop relevant policy."