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Farmer perceptions, policy and reforestation in Santa Catarina, Brazil

2016
Scholarly Work
A.C.D. Trevisan, A.L. Schmitt-Filho, J. Farley, A.C. Fantini, C. Longo
This article evaluates three policy options for promoting reforestation, paying particular attention to the impacts on farmer livelihoods and their intrinsic willingness to restore and preserve forest cover.

SB 859 – Healthy Soils Program

2016
Enacted Legislation
State of California
The legislation funded the Healthy Soils Program, which offers producers incentives to adopt GHG-reducing soil health practices and funds on-farm demonstration projects.

The State and Future of U.S. Soils: Framework for a Federal Strategic Plan for Soil Science

2016
Scientific Report
Subcommittee on Ecological Systems, Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability of the National Science and Technology Council
This Framework aims to establish Federal soil research priorities, including in carbon sequestration, deliver information to land managers to help them implement soil conserving systems, and inform related policy development and coordination.

Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration in US Croplands: A Policy Analysis

2016
Scholarly Work
Léopold Biardeau, Rebecca Crebbin-Coates, Ritt Keerati, Sara Litke, Hortencia Rodríguez
This report examines current policy challenges and opportunities for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in increasing the adoption of soil health and carbon sequestration practices.

Geoengineering with seagrasses: is credit due where credit is given?

2016
Scholarly Work
Sophia C Johannessen, Robie W Macdonald
This article argues that geoengineering with seagrasses before reliable assessment methods have been established can result in overestimated carbon offsets that could lead to a net increase in emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

Distinguishing morale hazard from moral hazard in geoengineering

2016
Scholarly Work
Andrew Lockley, D’Maris Coffman
This paper investigates the definitions and use of the term ‘moral hazard’, and the related (but significantly different) concept of ‘morale hazard’, in the context of geoengineering and in relevant law, economic and insurance literatures.