Agriculture
and
Forest
Land
Plants
remove carbon dioxide from the air through a process known as carbon
sequestration. Planting trees, practicing sustainable forestry, using
conservation tillage on croplands and other agricultural and forestry practices
can help slow the growth of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
Many
nonprofits and private sector companies and organizations are exploring ways to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by implementing sequestration and other
agriculture/forestry projects. In addition, many state and federal programs
support land use practices that help capture carbon dioxide as a by-product of
cropland management of soils or forest management for timber. EPA's Carbon
Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry Web Site provides an overview of
EPA-supported analyses of regional,
U.S.
and international sequestration mitigation options, their potential greenhouse
gas and other benefits and their estimated costs.
Published
by: http://www.epa.gov/climate change/wycd/agroforestry.html
