Potential carbon benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program in the United States

@article{293, abstract = {Three scenarios of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) were simulated to project carbon (C) pools and fluxes of associated grassland and forestland for the years 1986-2035; and to evaluate the potential to offset greenhouse gas emissions through C sequestration. The approach was to link land-area enrolments with grassland and forestland C densities to simulate C pools and fluxes over 50 years. The CRP began in 1986 and by 1996 consisted of 16.2 x 10(6) ha cropland converted to 14.7 x 10(6) ha grassland and of 1.5 x 10(6) ha forestland. The CRP1 simulated the likely outcome of the CRP as contracts expire in 1996 with the anticipated return of 8.7 x 10(6) ha grassland and of 0.4 x 10(6) ha forestland to crop production. The CRP2 assumed that the CRP continues with no land returning to crop production. The CRP3 was an expansion of the CRP2 to include afforestation of 4 x 10(6) ha new land. Average net annual C gains for the years 1996-2005 were <1, 12, and 16 TgC yr(-1) for CRP1, CRP2, and CRP3, respectively. Afforestation of marginal cropland as simulated under CRP3 could provide approximately 15\% of the C offset needed to attain the Climate Change Action Plan of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to their 1990 level by the year 2000 within the United States}, author = {Barker, J. R. and Baumgardner, G. A. and Turner, D. P. and Lee, J. J. }, citeulike-article-id = {1306537}, journal = {Journal Of Biogeography}, keywords = {afforestation, benefits, budget, carbon, carbon\_benefit, climate, climate\_change, climate\_change\_action\_plan, conservation, conservation\_reserve\_program, cropland, cycle, emissions, fif, flux, fluxes, forestland, grassland, greenhouse, greenhouse\_gas, land, land\_cover\_change, management, production, scenarios, sequestration, soil, storage, temperate\_forests, trends, united\_states, world}, pages = {743--751}, posted-at = {2007-05-19 01:27:08}, priority = {2}, title = {Potential carbon benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program in the United States}, volume = {22}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - 293 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1306537 TI - Potential carbon benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program in the United States JF - Journal Of Biogeography VL - 22 SP - 743 EP - 751 N2 - Three scenarios of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) were simulated to project carbon (C) pools and fluxes of associated grassland and forestland for the years 1986-2035; and to evaluate the potential to offset greenhouse gas emissions through C sequestration. The approach was to link land-area enrolments with grassland and forestland C densities to simulate C pools and fluxes over 50 years. The CRP began in 1986 and by 1996 consisted of 16.2 x 10(6) ha cropland converted to 14.7 x 10(6) ha grassland and of 1.5 x 10(6) ha forestland. The CRP1 simulated the likely outcome of the CRP as contracts expire in 1996 with the anticipated return of 8.7 x 10(6) ha grassland and of 0.4 x 10(6) ha forestland to crop production. The CRP2 assumed that the CRP continues with no land returning to crop production. The CRP3 was an expansion of the CRP2 to include afforestation of 4 x 10(6) ha new land. Average net annual C gains for the years 1996-2005 were <1, 12, and 16 TgC yr(-1) for CRP1, CRP2, and CRP3, respectively. Afforestation of marginal cropland as simulated under CRP3 could provide approximately 15% of the C offset needed to attain the Climate Change Action Plan of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to their 1990 level by the year 2000 within the United States KW - afforestation KW - benefits KW - budget KW - carbon KW - carbon_benefit KW - climate KW - climate_change KW - climate_change_action_plan KW - conservation KW - conservation_reserve_program KW - cropland KW - cycle KW - emissions KW - fif KW - flux KW - fluxes KW - forestland KW - grassland KW - greenhouse KW - greenhouse_gas KW - land KW - land_cover_change KW - management KW - production KW - scenarios KW - sequestration KW - soil KW - storage KW - temperate_forests KW - trends KW - united_states KW - world AU - Barker, JR AU - Baumgardner, GA AU - Turner, DP AU - Lee, JJ PY - 1995/// ER -