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Carbon Sequestration Conference Planned For Colorado’s Agriculture And
Forestry Sectors
“Carbon Sequestration Unit” or an amount of organic carbon sequestered in the
wood or soil that is equivalent to the removal of one metric ton of CO2 from the
atmosphere is trading at $4.30. That is up more than $2.00 from the November
price. According to Ted Dodge, from National Carbon Offset Coalition “This
market is creating a new revenue opportunity for producers with continuously
no-tilled fields and newly established grasslands; rangeland, forest that's been
committed to an improvement program; managed reforestation or new plantings on
forested land, and on-farm methane digesters.” In order to get more information
regarding Carbon Sequestration a conference is being planned.
The title for the conference is “Terrestrial (Agriculture and Forestry)
Carbon Sequestration Opportunities in Colorado; the Science, the Policy and the
Market.” The conference will be on February 29, starting at 8:30 AM in Brighton,
Colorado at the Adams County Regional Park in the Al Lesser Building. The agenda
for the day begins with a scientist from the National Center for Atmospheric
Research speaking about the “Science of Climate Change”.
The first panel will include scientists from Natural Resources Ecology, the
Sampson Group and USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service discussing
“Mitigation of Climate Change through Sequestration”. The panel discussion
immediately after lunch consist of individuals from the federal, state and local
levels discussing “The Policy of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration”. The final
panel discussion includes an executive from the Chicago Carbon Exchange, and
Carbon Credit Aggregators from the National Carbon Offset Coalition and Rocky
Mountain Farmers Union talking about the “Existing Voluntary Market.”
The final presentation is titled “Turning Farm Practices in Verifiable
Greenhouse Gas Offsets for Carbon Market” given by the Nicolas Institute for
Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University. Susan Innis from Colorado
Governor’s Energy Office will moderate the day’s session and wrap up the
conference. According to Rich Mullaney, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation
Service, “Carbon Sequestration is new to Colorado; this workshop focuses on
providing information to potential sellers of Carbon Credits.
All of the speakers are leaders in the field in this topic and it offers a
great opportunity for the up-to-date facts on this very new opportunity” To
receive a brochure and more information on this conference contact Rich Mullaney
at 970-522-7440 Extension 4 or Mark Cronquist, Conservation Specialist with the
Colorado State Conservation Board, at 970-330-0380 Ext 212.
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