Friday, February 22, 2008

Duke Standard Questions-n-Answers

As more folks in the agriculture industry are deciding to get engaged in and potentially, protecting the potential of the ag offsets market in mandatory climate change legislation, questions about how ag offsets would work in a climate market and how to deal with the issues of measurement, monitoring and verification of ag offsets keep getting asked. This post is intended to provide an overview of the issue as seen through the great work of Duke University's Nicholas School for Environmental Solutions -- these are the folks who pulled together what's considered the "gold standard" in measurement, monitoring and verification of ag and forestry offsets.

Harnessing Farms and Forests in the Low-Carbon Economy: How to Create and Verify Greenhouse Gas Offsets, (click the link for a preview)
is a technical guide published this year by Duke Press, for farmers, foresters, traders and investors. Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions developed the guide in collaboration with the nonprofit advocacy group Environmental Defense, and engaged scientists from Texas A&M, Colorado State, Rice, Princeton, Kansas State and Brown universities, as well as other experts.

Check out NI's Climate & Offsets Q&A fact sheet by clicking this link: Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions - Offsets Q&A

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