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 Monitoring and Verifying GHG Benefits of Forestry & Agriculture Projects
In order to ensure that a forestry or agricultural project is achieving
real and credible benefits, carbon sequestration and/or emissions reductions
should be properly estimated or measured, and monitored over time.
There are not yet any standard methods or guidelines to account for,
monitor and verify the carbon and greenhouse gas benefits of sequestration
projects. Work is underway
within the U.S. Government and by others to develop methods.
The papers and links listed below are provided for information and discussion.
The opinions and findings expressed in the information below do not necessarily
represent those of the Environmental Protection Agency.
General/Overview references:
- IPCC Special Report on LULUCF (2000), Chapter 5 section on Measuring,
Accounting, Monitoring and Verifying GHG Benefits.
- Post,
W.M., R.C. Izaurralde, L.K. Mann and N. Bliss (2000) Monitoring and
Verifying Changes of Organic Carbon in Soil. CDIAC Communications.
(PDF, 20 pp., 630 KB, About
PDF)
- Vine,
E., J. Sathaye and W. Makundi (1999) Guidelines for the Monitoring,
Evaluation, Reporting, Verification, and Certification of Forestry Projects
for Climate Change Mitigation. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Berkeley, CA.
More specific references:
Note: All the below links will take you outside the
EPA Web site.
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