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Geoengineering the Climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty

2009
Scientific Report
The Royal Society
This report presents an independent scientific review of the range of geoengineering methods and introduces and addresses the key policy questions surrounding geoengineering that the international community needs to confront.

Carbon sequestration in Africa: The land tenure problem

2008
Scholarly Work
Jon D. Unruh
This article examines the prospect of using tropic forest projects to sequester carbon dioxide in Africa and argues that land tenure exists as a prohibitive obstacle to the implementation of afforestation and reforestation approaches.

The Potential for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota

2008
Scientific Report
Minnesota Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Initiative
This report assesses the potential of Minnesota lands to sequester carbon dioxide, including an analysis of existing and proposed state policies for their potential impact on carbon sequestration activities.

Forest Management Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change in the United States

2008
Scholarly Work
Robert W. Malmsheimer, Patrick Heffernan, Steve Brink, Douglas Crandall, Fred Deneke, Christopher Galik, Edmund Gee, John A. Helms, Nathan McClure, Michael Mortimer, Steve Ruddell, Matthew Smith, John Stewart
This report recommends policy measures to guide effective climate change mitigation through forests and forest management, including a survey of carbon benefits from wood substitution, biomass substitution, and avoided land use change.

Forest Certification in North America Report

2006
Scholarly Work
Eric Hansen, Rick Fletcher, Ben Cashore, Constance McDermott
This report surveys the technical challenges to and opportunities from developing forest certification systems. It includes a list of major third-party forest and wood product certification systems.