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S.2350 – Forest Incentives Program Act of 2018

2018
Proposed Legislation
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish a program to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon sequestration on U.S. private forest land through carbon incentives contracts and conservation easement agreements.

The Ministerial Katowice Declaration on Forests for the Climate

2018
Declaration
The Ministers / the Head of Delegations attending the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the UNFCCC
This declaration underscores the key role forests must play in limiting temperature rise to 1.5˚C, and highlights the role of forests in sequestering and storing carbon in the soil.

Grasslands may be more reliable carbon sinks than forests in California

2018
Scholarly Work
Pawlok Dass, Benjamin Z Houlton, Yingping Wang, David Warlind
This paper shows that California grasslands are a more resilient carbon sink than forests in response to 21st century changes in climate, with implications for designing climate-smart Cap and Trade offset policies.

Astana Resolution on Forest Landscape Restoration

2018
Declaration
Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge in the Caucasus and Central Asia
In the Astana Resolution, ministers and country representatives from the Caucasus and Central Asia reaffirm their commitments to the Bonn Challenge global target of restoring 350 million hectares by 2030.