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Search our resource database to find legal tools by selecting a relevant emissions reduction pathway, jurisdiction, location, keyword, or all of the above.

2119 Resources Found, Displaying 731 thru 740

Report, State Forestry Agency Perspectives on Carbon Management and Carbon Market Assistance to Family Forest Owners

Pathway: Federal and State Forest Management Programs

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Private Entities

Surveys efforts to aid family farm owners in carbon management of forested areas, including six states that have offered assistance programs for carbon management that include direct payments to landowners.

Carbon Sequestration Tool for Timber Harvesting Plans

Pathway: Federal and State Forest Management Programs

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Provides estimates of total carbon sequestration benefits for a number of forest management approaches.

Proposed Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Pathway: Federal and State Forest Management Programs

Jurisdiction: Congress

Rather than coming from agency funds dedicated to forest management, fighting wildfires would be funded out of general funds. This would generally relieve the ever-increasing funding burden on forest management budgets from wildfire season.

Report, Recommendation for Enhancing the Role of Forests in Climate Change Mitigation and Ecosystem Adaption to Climate Change

Pathway: Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

Jurisdiction: Congress, Individual Agencies, States and State Governments

Outlines recommendation related to private forest management, urban forests, forest health funding, fire assistance, and federal and state land management policy.

USDA report, USDA Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry

Pathway: Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

Jurisdiction: Local Governments, Private Entities

Outlines a set of “building blocks” to help farmers, ranchers, forestland owners, and rural communities reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration, including tools for private forest growth and retention.

Report, Forest Management Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change in the US

Pathway: Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

Jurisdiction: Congress, States and State Governments, Local Governments

Provides a survey of carbon benefits from wood substitution, biomass substitution, wildfire behavior modification, and avoided land use change.

Report, Forest Carbon Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change

Pathway: Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Provides a toolkit for state governments looking to use forests and forest products as a climate mitigation strategy while also advancing other environmental and economic goals in their states.

Report, An Analysis of Forestry Carbon Sequestration as a Response to Climate Change

Pathway: Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

Jurisdiction: Congress

Sohngen’s 2009 analysis argues for afforestation as a cost-effective mechanism for climate mitigation, modeling up to a 17% increase globally in forest acreage.

Report, Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land

Pathway: Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

Jurisdiction: Congress

Zomer et al.’s 2016 report in Nature examines the contributions of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets.

Congressional Research Service Report, US Tree Planting for Carbon Sequestration

Pathway: Reports on Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration Potential

Jurisdiction: Congress, States and State Governments

The Congressional Research Service’s 2009 report examines the use of afforestation to provide offsets under a cap-and-trade approach.