Afforestation / Reforestation Archives - Page 18 of 20

Assessing Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities and Implementation Strategies for Agricultural Land Management in the United States

2011

Scholarly Work

Lydia P. Olander, Alison J. Eagle, Justin S. Baker, Karen Haugen-Kozyra, Brian C. Murray, Alexandra Kravchenko, Lucy R. Henry, Robert B. Jackson

Provides a roadmap and resource for programs and initiatives that are designing protocols, metrics, or incentives to engage farmers and ranchers in large-scale efforts to enhance GHG mitigation on working agricultural land in the United States.

U.S. Forest Service’s National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change

2011

Policy Proposal

USDA Forest Service

This roadmap includes strategies of the U.S. Forest Service to activity manage carbon stocks in forests, grasslands, and urban areas and to provide technical assistance to enhance carbon sequestration through afforestation and reforestation.

Geoengineering: A national strategic plan for research on the potential effectiveness, feasibility, and consequences of climate remediation technologies

2011

Think Tank Report

The Bipartisan Policy Center

This report presents the conclusions of the Task Force on Climate Remediation Research, which was convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center in 2010 to develop recommendations for the U.S. government on geoengineering research and oversight policy.

IPCC Expert Meeting on Geoengineering

2011

Scientific Report

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

This meeting report summarizes discussions of three Working Groups to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) on geoengineering, including carbon dioxide removal.

The Bonn Challenge

2011

Policy Proposal

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

The Bonn Challenge is a global goal to bring 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.

A Coordinated Strategy Could Focus Federal Geoengineering Research and Inform Governance Efforts

2010

Scientific Report

United States Government Accountability Office

This report examines the state of geoengineering science, federal involvement in geoengineering, the extent to which federal laws and international agreements apply to geoengineering, and any governance challenges around geoengineering activities.

Ocean Iron Fertilization in the Context of the Kyoto Protocol and the post-Kyoto Process

2009

Scholarly Work

Christine Bertram

This paper reviews the regulatory aspects connected to ocean iron fertilization, including its legal status and open access issues.

American Meteorological Society Policy Statement on Geoengineering the Climate System

2009

Declaration

American Meteorological Society Council

A policy statement of the American Meteorological Society addressing geoengineering techniques, including those that reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases.

U.S. Tree Planting for Carbon Sequestration

2009

Scholarly Work

Ross W. Gorte

This Congressional Research Service report examines the use of afforestation to provide offsets under a cap-and-trade approach.

Afforestation and forestry land allocation in northern Vietnam: Analysing the gap between policy intentions and outcomes

2009

Scholarly Work

Floriane Clement, Jaime M. Amezaga

This paper discusses the impacts of state afforestation efforts and forestry land allocation on farmers’ land-use decisions in northern Vietnam.

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