Carbon Storage

The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems 2008 Report contains a new core national indicator on carbon storage. Participants in a workshop held at the Center in February 2006 provided substantial assistance in identifying priority carbon stocks that should be highlighted in the 2008 Report, defining appropriate reporting strategies, and evaluation of potential data sources (read the Meeting Notes)(.pdf).

In February 2007 The Heinz Center delivered a presentation on the development of the new Carbon Storage indicator at the Fourth USDA Greenhouse Gas Conference in Baltimore, MD. This presentation resulted in an invitation to submit a manuscript to the Journal of Environmental Quality, which was published in the July-August 2008 issue (click here for more information).