Carbon Sequestration in Agro-Ecological Systems: A Feasible Climate Mitigation and Sustainability Strategy?
Through a series of short presentations and a field visit participants will learn about a collaborative research study, funded by the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation, that aims to evaluate the potential for carbon sequestration in rangeland soils through compost application as a viable climate mitigation and green-house gas (GHG) reduction method.
Topics will include:
(1) Ecological factors that drive ecosystem carbon storage on working landscapes
(2) Management, socio-economic, and ecological implications of enhancing carbon stocks and improving ecosystem services through compost addition.
3) Private and social transactions costs with respect to participating in carbon markets.
Hosts: Solano Land Trust, Carbon Cycle Institute, UCCE, USGS and San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve