In 1990, Sonoma County residents created the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District to permanently protect the greenbelts, scenic viewsheds, farms and ranches and natural areas of Sonoma County.
C-CAT is a GIS model that can be run for a county or other jurisdiction . It estimates how changes in land use, land management, and land cover affect landscape carbon sequestration and conservation values over time, and helps to identify areas where conservation goals are aligned with emissions reduction potential . The tool was developed for Sonoma County, but with region-specific inputs and scenarios, it could be applied to counties elsewhere in California and the United States .
The Buckeye Forest in Sonoma County was purchased to be used for sustainable forestry, restoration, grazing and public recreation by combining funds from nonprofits and carbon credits from California’s Cap & Trade Program.
Policies that will: protect old-growth and mature forests, achieve sustainable food & fiber production while protecting ecosystem services, and promote responsible, effective policies for carbon offsets and sequestration.
The creation of a Forest Carbon Reserve will be an essential part of any future Green New Deal. It would result in a substantial reduction in, and avoidance of, carbon emissions from forest degradation and fossil fuel production…
Is using wood beneficial or detrimental in the fight against climate change? Forest protection and stewardship are key.
Home >> Resources >> Solutions >> Land Use Forest Restoration Background: A quarter of the world’s forests are in the temperate zone, mostly in the northern hemisphere, and include the boreal forests of Canada and Siberia. 99% of these forests have been altered by human activity through logging, conversion to other uses, or fragmentation. Temperate …
Home >> Resources >> Solutions >> Land Use Forest Protection Background: Forests are essential to combating climate change. Trees are carbon sinks, actively pulling carbon out of the atmosphere as they grow and locking it up in leaves, bark, roots and soil (sequestration). Clearing the land of trees releases most of this carbon to the …
Actions >> Land Use Coastal Wetlands Restoration Background: Shallow coastal waters are home to salt marshes, sea grasses and mangroves which can sequester five times as much carbon as a tropical forest, mostly in the soil below water. Many of our coastal wetlands have been drained, filled or developed, so what remains is precious. Sea …
