A Landowner’s Introduction to the Forest Carbon Market

In recent years, carbon programs have emerged that allow forest landowners to receive payment for the ecosystem services their forests provide. The primary service of interest is carbon sequestration because it has been deemed one of the solutions to climate change. This publication serves as an in...

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Main Authors: Natalia Medina Irizarry, Michael Andreu, Tamara Cushing
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Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2022-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130313
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description In recent years, carbon programs have emerged that allow forest landowners to receive payment for the ecosystem services their forests provide. The primary service of interest is carbon sequestration because it has been deemed one of the solutions to climate change. This publication serves as an introduction to the forest carbon market, how it works, common terminology used, and who some of the key players are.
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spelling doaj-art-f6b4ae4c4bfb4cd0a70189ce449d004c2025-02-08T05:43:38ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092022-03-0120222A Landowner’s Introduction to the Forest Carbon MarketNatalia Medina Irizarry0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-5338Michael Andreu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-9430Tamara Cushing2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2822-384XUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida In recent years, carbon programs have emerged that allow forest landowners to receive payment for the ecosystem services their forests provide. The primary service of interest is carbon sequestration because it has been deemed one of the solutions to climate change. This publication serves as an introduction to the forest carbon market, how it works, common terminology used, and who some of the key players are. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130313forest carbon marketcarbon creditscarbon offset projectsclimate changecarbon sequestrationcarbon storage
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carbon storage
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climate change
carbon sequestration
carbon storage
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