| Federal Greenhouse Gas Report Focuses On Land Management And Conservation Activities |
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| Federal Government |
| By Administrator |
| Tuesday, 05 August 2014 15:58 |
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RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a report that, according to the agency, provides uniform scientific methods for quantifying the changes in greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage from various land management and conservation activities.
"Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity-Scale Inventory" can be accessed at www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/estimation.htm.
"America's farm, ranch and forest managers are stewards of the land, and have long recognized the significance of managing soil health, plant productivity and animal nutrition. Conservation practices and other management changes can reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon storage while improving soil health, productivity, and resilience to drought and other extreme weather," said USDA Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie in a news release.
More than three dozen experts worked on the report.
For more information on USDA's Climate Change activities, visit www.usda.gov and click on "Climate Solutions."
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| Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 August 2014 15:59 |