Measuring and Monitoring Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors

Gorte, Ross W. ; Johnson, Renée

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Agriculture;    Natural resources;    Forestry;    Forest ecology;    Agricultural ecology;   

RP-ID  :  RS22964
RP-ID  :  RS22964_2008Oct06

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Proposals to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases often include the use of forestry and agricultural practices and lands for carbon sequestration. However, uncertainty about the accuracy of measuring carbon from these activities hasled some to question this potential. Basic approaches for measuring forest and agricultural carbon include on-site measurement; indirect measurement from off-site tools; and estimation using models or inferences. Because of challenges associated with balancing the cost and accuracy of these measurement tools, any practicable system formeasuring forest and agricultural carbon might require a mix of these approaches.