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Managing Farm & Forest Landscapes

Integrating climate mitigation with healthy air, clean water, and vibrant economies

For Forests

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Coming Soon!

  • FACT SHEET: What are Forest Ecosystem Services (ESS)?
  • INFORMATION SHEET: Forest Ecosystem Services – In Depth.
  • WEBINAR: Forest Ecosystem Services – counting all the ways forests help.
  • WEBINAR: How does using wood for heat affect air quality?
  • POLICY BRIEF: Opportunities and challenges for increasing residential wood heat bioenergy while maintaining healthy air quality in New York State.
  • FACT SHEET: How can residential wood heat bioenergy affect air pollution?
  • INFORMATION SHEET: Understanding how residential wood heat bioenergy can affect air pollution.
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Forest GHG 101

Forest Management & Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

  • Reviews forest management as an under-appreciated method for providing meaningful carbon sequestration with added benefit of carbon stored in long-lived wood products (building materials) after it leaves the forest. That is, by producing timber, carbon may now be stored long-term in building, furniture and other long-lived products. Also covers bioenergy and the benefits of replacing high GHG-emitting concrete and steel with wood products.

 

Background

Introduction to Farm & Forest Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities

  • Introduces the basic strategies for climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation as it relates to select farm and forest practices.

Glossary of farm & forest GHG-related terms

  • Select words and their definitions relating to climate change, mitigation, and adaptation

 

Relevant Publications

2018. AEM Tier II worksheets for assessing Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities on Farm.

2016. Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural and Forest Landscapes for Policy Development and Verification

2015. Assessing Sustainable Bioenergy Feedstock Production Potential by Integrated Geospatial Analysis of Land Use and Land Quality

2010. Renewable Fuels Roadmap and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Supply for New York

2010. Forest carbon storage: ecology, management, and policy

2007. Carbon sequestration in the U.S. forest sector from 1990 to 2010

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