More Related Content Similar to Soil Carbon Trading: Lessons Learned From Forests (20) More from Carbon Coalition (20) Soil Carbon Trading: Lessons Learned From Forests1. Annette Cowie NSW Department of Primary Industries Soil carbon trading: Lessons learned from forestry 7. Sequestration potential: Guesstimates *Relative to conventional practice 18Mt = 11% total NSW (2006) = 100% NSW agriculture emissions Potential increase* tCO2e/ha/year Range; Average NSW total MtCO2-e/year Cropping 0 - 2 0.7 2 Pasture management –Higher rainfall 0 -1.8 0.9 8 Rangeland management 0 - 1 0.4 8 8. Sequestration potential: reforestation Sequestration rate tCO 2 -e/ha/year 1.5 -2Mha reforestation required for 18Mt/yr sequestration Montagu et al Carbon Sequestration Predictor Across Australia: 657 mt CO2e from 2.25m ha, over 40 years cf annual emissions 560 mt CO2e Hatfield-Dodds et al, 2007 Annual rainfall mm 400-600 600-800 >800 4-10 6-12 10-25