According to the US Forest Service, America's forests sequester 866 million tons of carbon a year, which is roughly 16% of the US annual emissions (depending on the year). Forests sequester or store carbon primarily in trees and soil. While they mainly pull carbon out of the atmosphere—making them a sink—they also release carbon dioxide. This occurs naturally, such as when a tree dies and is decomposed (thereby releasing carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases). The movement of carbon and other gases within forests and soils occurs on a cycle. Forest management can influence these cycles and enhance carbon capture.
Trees are without a doubt the best carbon capture technology in the world. They are an incredible carbon sink because - made entirely of carbon, they last for years as a standing tree, and takes years to break down after the tree dies. Reducing carbon emissions not only benefits the environment, but also has financial value. Healthy forests sequester carbon in their wood and vegetation along with the soil in which they grow. Conserving forest land promotes healthy air, water and soil, and helps to maintain the natural carbon cycle. By tapping into the carbon markets, forest landowners can get paid for the carbon their forests are storing. Forest owners who know the ecological and economic value of their forests can now add carbon sequestration as an official activity for their family forest and tap into a new revenue stream.
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A Primer on Carbon Sequestration
Ecosystem Services: New Frontiers in Land-Based Resources
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How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
Animating the Carbon Cycle 3
How Forests Store Carbon
Family-Owned Forests: How To Unlock The Carbon Potential In America's Backyard
Where Is the Carbon? Carbon Sequestration Potential from Private Forestland in the Southern United States
Leveraging the Landscape - State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2012
Do You Know What Your Forest Carbon Offsets Are?
Urban Forestry
The Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration
Grasslands and Carbon - Processes and Trends
Forest Management Options for Carbon Sequestration - Considerations in the Eastern U.S.
Forest Management Options for Carbon Sequestration - A Western U.S. Perspective
Forests and Carbon - Trends and Data for the U.S.
Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner (Part 2) - Protocols, Projects and Opportunities
Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner (Part 1) - Basics of Carbon Offsets, Markets, and Trading
Bioenergy from Wood and Forest Carbon Dynamics
Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers
Innovations in Market-Based Watershed Conservation in the United States - Payments for Watershed Services for Agricultural and Forest Landowners
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Ecosystem Service Market Development - The Role and Opportunity for Finance
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Payments for Forest Carbon
Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Forest Sustainability in the Wake of Emerging Bioenergy Policies
Show Carbon Sequestration Organizations & Professionals (261)
There are 261 resources serving Mississippi Alluvial Plain Region in the following categories:
Map of Carbon Sequestration Organizations & Professionals serving Mississippi Alluvial Plain Region
Carbon Credits and SequestrationACRE Investment Management, LLC
American Carbon Registry
Aurora Sustainable Lands
BCarbon
Bio-Logical Capital
Blue Source
Bradley Raffle
Brandon Smith
Chestnut Carbon Solutions
Climate Action Reserve
Conservation Finance Center
Conservation Plus
Cori Gavin
EarthOptics
Ecosystem Investment Partners
Ecosystem Marketplace
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
Enviva
EP Carbon
Family Forest Carbon Program
Finite Carbon
Forest Carbon Fund
Forest Carbon Works
Forest Trends
Grassroots Carbon
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
Green Assets, Inc
GreenTrees
Indigo Ag
LandYield
Locus Agricultural Solutions
NativState
Natural Capital Exchange (NCX)
Nori LLC
Pachama
Ray Kinney
Robin G. Willhoite
Seth Yoho
Soil Value Exchange, PBLLC
Solbere
TerraCarbon LLC
The Climate Trust
Climate ScientistsGrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
Judah Cohen
ForestersAdvanced Ecology, LTD.
Alan B. Youens
Allen Morgan
American Forest Management
Andrew Quinn
Arkansas Forestry Association
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Arkansas Forestry Commission Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, & Prairie County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Clay County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Craighead County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Crittenden County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Cross County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Desha County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Drew County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Greene County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Independence County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Jackson County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Jefferson County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Lawrence County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Lee County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Lincoln County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Phillips County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Poinsett County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Randolph County
Arkansas Forestry Commission St. Francis County
Arkansas Forestry Commission White County
Arkansas Forestry Commission Woodruff County
Arkansas Pulpwood Company Inc
Azelis Agricultural & Environmental Solutions
Benjamin Forestry Services
Bickham L. Crooks
Bill E. Chaney Jr.
Bobby J. Roberts
Brandon Chandler
Brent S. Williamson
Bryan C. Davis
Buddy Rosser
Budo Ratkovic
C. Ryan Jackson
Charles A. Collins
Clif Crawford
Cody Hartzog
Cory Easley
Dan H. Martin
Danielle Atkins
Darren Spinks
David D. Smith
David P. Reinold
David Stanton
David W. Butler
Derrell Taylor
Don C. Harris
Donald Sisson
Ed O' Brien
Eric D. Clapp
Eric S. Johnson
Eric Yarnell
Ernest W. Cook
Forest Resource Consultants
Foust Forestry Management
Gary A. Burns
Greg Hay, CF, RF
Hargrave Forestry Management Service
Harold Fisher
Harold McAlpine
Harold Smith
J. Daniel Neeley
J. Scott Rowland
Jeff B. Denman
Jeff L Caubble
Jeffrey A. Neill
Jeremy Creel
Jim J. Neeley
Jimmy Don Thomas
John D. Neeley
John Heath
John King Jr.
John McAlpine
Joshua C. Barkhimer
Justin T. Penick
Kent C. Cormier
Kingwood Forestry Services
Kristine Kimbro
Kyle Cunningham
Lance Childress
Larry Butler
Larry L. Morris
Lee Kindle
Lewis Williams
Long Valley Timber LLC
Lytle Forestry Services
M & W Forestry & Wildlife Management
Malcolm Jerry
Mark Wilson
Marty Spetich
Mary S. Clapp
Mason, Bruce & Girard
Michael Huffman
Michael Mitchell
Michael Stuber
Michael Young
Mike Bird
Monte Bartek
NativState
Pat H. DuBose
Patrick Henry
Pete Prutzman
Peter Kleto
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Phillip G. Livingston
Phillip Wright
Ray Galloway
Ray Lott
Rebecca Montgomery
Red River Timber Corp
Resource Management Service, Inc.
Richard Leveritt
Ricky ONeill
Robert Black
Robert M. Oates
Robin G. Willhoite
Rodney J. Wishard
Scott Corley
Shawn Kelley
Shawn Odom
Shortleaf Pine Initiative
Silva-Tech - South, Ltd.
Silvicultural Management Associates
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Southern Group of State Foresters
Southern States Realty
Teddy Reynolds, RF
Terrell S. Baker
Thomas Parnell
Timber Resource Management
Vernon Mark Smith
Victor Ford
Virginia McDaniel
Warren E. Peters
William D. Walker
William R Galloway
Mitigation BanksAlbemarle
ArDOT - Bayou Meto Mitigation Bank
Arkansas Wetland Mitigation Bank Program
Bio-Logical Capital
Buffalo Hump CMA
Cache River Mitigation Bank
Cadron Creek CMA
Cadron Creek Mitigation Bank
Central Arkansas Umbrella Mitigation Bank
Coy Bryant CMA
Days Creek Mitigation Bank
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
Ecosystem Investment Partners
Ed Hart CMA
Field Sport Concepts, LTD
Fourche Bayou Mitigation Bank
Glaise Creek
Great Bear
Great Bear Wetland Mitigation Bank
Holcomb Branch CMA
Kings River Mitigation Bank
Little Creek
Lower Cutoff
Mitigation Solutions USA
Pelican Foster Mitigation Bank
Restoration Systems
Seth Yoho
Tick Creek CMA
Wattensaw Bayou Mitigation Bank
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists10 Point Wildlife Management
Blake Massey
Bobby J. Roberts
Central Hardwoods Joint Venture
Clif Crawford
Coggin Asset Management
Cory Easley
Daniel Greenfield
David Graves
Donald Sisson
Eric S. Johnson
Five Oaks Wildlife Services, LLC
Foust Forestry Management
Garrick Dugger
Gary A. Burns
Greg Simons
Grow Native!
Hargrave Forestry Management Service
Harvey (Bubba) Groves
Jackson Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
Jeff B. Denman
Jeremy Brown
Justin T. Penick
Kent C. Cormier
Lannie B. Philley, AFM
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Lytle Forestry Services
M & W Forestry & Wildlife Management
Mark Bailey
Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy
Ray Galloway
Ricky ONeill
Robin G. Willhoite
Ruben Cantu
Sam Franklin
Society for Range Management
Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Southern Conservation Partners
Southern Conservation Trust
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Ted Zawislak
Teddy Reynolds, RF
Timber Resource Management
Wes Tucker
Whitenton Group, Inc.