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Re: 3 questions (fwd)
Can you please remove me from the mailing list as Darrienne the person who was
interested in this info is no longer at this Email address.
Thank You Kindly
Mark Briggs
Victor Guest wrote:
> From: Jody Butterfield <jodybs@igc.apc.org>
> To: Recipients of CHRM-GENERAL <chrm-general@igc.apc.org>
>
> Kate,
>
> I thought I'd better respond to your third question:
>
> -----you wrote-------
> 3) Finally, some months back someone mentioned research or a
> >project the Center was involved in that had to do with carbon banking (
> I think that is what it was called). What is this, what is the Center
> >involvement and what is the potential or "big picture" for carbon
> banking?
>
> We have been developing a research project involving "carbon sequestration"
> over the last year, but are still seeking the funding for it. What we are
> attempting to do is to determine how much carbon we can sequester in
> grassland soils that are "maintained" by grazing/herding animals, compared
> to those that are maintained by grazing/herding animals and fire.
>
> Fire obviously puts much of the carbon into the atmosphere. Some scientists
> argue that this is not a "net release" of carbon because after grasslands
> are burned, plants regrow and once again soak up carbon--the same amount
> as they released when burned.
>
> We suspect this isn't the case, because over time the repeated use of fire
> tends to lead to a loss of biodiversity, a reduction in litter and an
> increase in bare soil (in brittle environments). This affects the amount
> of biomass produced, and thus the amount of carbon that can be sequestered.
>
> Hope this answers your question.
>
> --Jody
> =20