Guide to monitoring carbon storage in forestry and agroforestry projects
As the international Joint Implementation (JI) program develops a system for trading carbon credits to offset greenhouse gas emissions, project managers need a reliable basis for measuring the carbon storage benefits of carbon offset projects. Monitoring and verifying carbon storage can be expensive, depending on the level of scientific validity needed. This guide describes a system of cost-effective methods for monitoring and verification on a commercial basis, for three types of land use; forest plantations, managed natural forests and agroforestry. Winrock International`s Forest Carbon Monitoring Program developed this system with its partners as a way to provide reliable results using accepted principles and practices of forest inventory, soil science and ecological surveys. Perhaps most important, the system brings field research methods to bear on commercial-scale inventories, at levels of precision specified by funding agencies.
- Research Organization:
- Winrock International Inst. for Agricultural Development, Forest Carbon Monitoring Program, Arlington, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 362203
- Report Number(s):
- PB--99-143257/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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