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S.43 – Regenerative Soils Program

2017
Proposed Legislation
State of Vermont
This bill requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to establish a regenerative soils program whose purposes include increasing the carbon sequestration capability of Vermont soils and promoting cost-effective and healthy soil management practices.

House Bill 1063 – Maryland’s Healthy Soils Program

2017
Enacted Legislation
State of Maryland
This bill directs the Maryland Department of Agriculture to develop a program to improve health, yield, and profitability of soils, increase carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, and promote further adoption of healthy soil practices.

H.R. 5316, the Healthy Soils and Rangeland Solutions Act

2016
Proposed Legislation
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program to make grants to sequester carbon through grazing practices, restoration of degraded public lands, and the use of compost or biochar on public lands.

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.

Research priorities for negative emissions

2016
Scholarly Work
S Fuss, C D Jones, F Kraxner, G P Peters, P Smith, M Tavoni, D P van Vuuren, J G Canadell, R B Jackson, R B Jackson, J R Moreira, N Nakicenovic, A Sharifi, Y Yamagata
This paper identifies some urgent research needs around NETs, including in governance and policy, to provide a more complete picture for reaching ambitious climate targets and the role that NETs can play in reaching them.