Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Now you're linked to the world of Carbon Trading

We aim to build an online library here so you can find anything you want to know about soil carbon credits. Articles and websites containing research results and other useful information will be sourced and posted.
We are all walking advertisements and information centres for the Carbon Coalition. I don't know all the answers, neither do you. But now we know where to find them.
Under the heading LINKS on the left hand side of the page you'll find the following so far:

JOIN THE COALITION! A link to the Carbon Coalition website, www.carboncoalition.com.au, where people can sign up.
CHRISTINE JONES ON SOIL CARBON WATER, an article by Christine that emphasises the water retention benefits of carbon farming.
CHRISTINE JONES ON SOIL CARBON CREDITS, a article that introduces the concept of carbon, but more importantly, it has a section that shows you how they calculate the value of carbon in the soil.
AMAZING CARBON, Christine's website which contains articles and news of her Managing the Carbon Cycle Forums. This site contains one of the best articles Christine has written on the whole issue of soils.
AUSTRALASIAN EMISSIONS TRADING FORUM, a link to this organisation which offers information on the market here in Australia.
CONSORTIUM FOR AGRICULTURAL SOIL MITIGATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES is a consortium of nine American universities and one National Laboratory assembled to investigate the potential of agricultural soils to mitigate greenhouse gases.
MIDWEST REGIONAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION PARTNERSHIP* consists of seven state universities in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia whose research teams are assessing the technical potential, economic viability, and public acceptability of carbon sequestration within its region.
BIG SKY CARBON SEQUESTRATION PARTNERSHIP* includes state university research teams in Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming, and the Pacific Northwest.
NATIONAL CARBON OFFSET COALITION is comprised of seven Montana non-profit corporations. NCOC provides a unique opportunity for landowners, public and private corporations, tribal, local, and state governments to participate in a market-based conservation program that can help offset the environmental impacts of greenhouse gases.
GUARDIAN CLIMATE PAGE is a website about Global Warming put up by the Guardian newspaper in Britain.
POINT CARBON, a US-based analyst and market information expert group
EMISSIONS MARKET ASSOCIATION, an industry association based in the US, serving members in the carbon industry.
CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGE, the world's first voluntary, legally-binding credits exchange.
GREENHOUSE GAS ONLINE, a useful source of information about Global Warming, by a respected British academic and researcher.
SPIRIT OF THE SOIL: A blog on a city family learning to live on the land and with the spirit of the land, and what happens to them, including the Carbon Coalition.
We will continue to add sites as we find them. We are putting up pages with Christine's articles and any other resource we can find. Learn as much as you can. It's good for you!

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