[Terrapreta] NY Welcomes Voluntary Carbon Market Leaders

[Robert Klein]

Hi all

It seems to me that the best way to produce confirmation is to initially assay a representative soil sample as to both carbon content and the charcoal sub fraction. before any sequestering activity.

Then as the activity matures, one would redo the assay process to measure the increase and thus the total gain.  My own instinct tells me that once every five years is ample.

Field assay methods can be used through out, with a proper independent assay done for credit purposes.

Shaking a kilo of soil in a glass jar is possibly good enough estimate the carbon content.

Measuring both carbon and charcoal should give us a valuable indication of the effect of charcoal of free soil carbon.  Nutrient measurement at the same time will indicate the changing fertility of the soils.

Even twenty years of this and important trend lines will emerge.

arclein

----- Original Message ----
From: David Yarrow <dyarrow at nycap.rr.com>
To: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:21:04 AM
Subject: [Terrapreta] NY Welcomes Voluntary Carbon Market Leaders




 
 


this conference points out what terra preta 
advocates must do:

set up businesses to be involved in these 
preliminary carbon trading systems.  

 

such businesses must produce biochar, and use those 
products for soil enhancements, thus creating carbon sequestration credits 
to trace with businesses looking for carbon offsets for their 
emissions.

 

backyard biochar, research and education are all 
necessary and wonderful, but until biochar hits this business phase of 
deployment, it's still just a good idea with no teeth to bite down, or feet on 
the ground.

 

the business end of biochar has two parts that must 
be inter-connected and fully accountable:

1) producing biochar

2) incorporating biochar in soil

 

producing biochar all by itself will not satisfy 
this carbon credit market.  biochar must be put in soil to be properly 
sequestered.  thus, to my mind, the ideal business to put this together is 
a farm cooperative.  throw in producing biofuels, and we have a potential 
business plan.

 

this voluntary carbon markets initiative is 
pioneering the standards, processes, regulations, certifications, and other 
organization required for this system to spread widely.

 

for a green & peaceful planet,
David 
Yarrow
44 Gilligan Rd, E Greenbush, NY 12061
www.championtrees.org
www.OnondagaLakePeaceFestival.org
www.farmandfood.org

 


January 16, 2008 

New York Prepares to Welcome Voluntary 
Carbon Market Leaders 
Thirty industry experts to present at first US 
voluntary emissions trading conference 

Press Release from Green Power Conferences, London 


LONDON; January 9, 2007 - This February, New York will 
host an unprecedented gathering of 30 leading emissions trading experts to share 
their experiences at Voluntary Carbon Markets. Among those companies presenting 
are the Californica Climate Action Registry, Voluntary Carbon Standard, GE AES 
Greenhouse Services, Point Carbon, APX, EPCOR Utilities, City of Aspen, Chevron, 
USDA Forest Service. 


The voluntary carbon market has experienced rapid 
growth over the past few years and this expansion is set to continue as more and 
more companies and individuals are using offsets as a tool to achieve carbon 
neutrality.  

‘Whilst the rising demand for voluntary offsets is 
raising the profile of corporate action on climate change, the lack of 
regulation and transparency regarding voluntary offsets threatens to undermine 
the credibility of offsets as a viable tool in the fight against climate 
change,’ said Chloe Dunbar, producer of Voluntary Carbon Markets, ‘Voluntary 
Carbon Markets will provide delegates with an opportunity to learn about the 
size of the voluntary market, the range of voluntary standards created and the 
key to sustainable future growth of the market.’

 

Carbon markets experts will be 
discussing a variety of topics related to voluntary emissions reduction 
including generating, buying and selling credits, investing in voluntary 
markets, standards, compatibility with future compliance markets and carbon 
offsetting. 'Companies often work on these projects in isolation so an event 
like this allows participants to benchmark their own activities and network with 
their peers,' said Nadim Chaudhry, managing director of Green Power 
Conferences. 

'The idea 
is that attendees will walk away from this event with the information they need 
to either implement or update their own organization's activities in the 
voluntary carbon markets’ said Green Power's Dunbar.

Voluntary Carbon 
Markets is being organized by Green Power Conferences and takes place on 
February 5th and 6th at the Park Central Hotel in New York 
City. 

To download the event brochure, please visit the VCM web site at: http://www.greenpowerconferences.com/carbonmarkets/voluntary_newyork08.html

For more information please contact:  Annie 
Ellis
Green Power Conferences
www.greenpowerconferences.com








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