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Carbon trading and forests: Background and overview

By John DuPlissis, University of Wisconsin Extension Recently you may have heard people talking about “carbon credits,” “carbon trading,” “carbon sequestration,” and possibly even the “Kyoto Protocols.” These phrases and... Read More »

Carbon credits and managed family forests: How it works

By John DuPlissis, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. As markets for Carbon Credits have emerged most of the focus for woodland owners has been on afforestation projects, the conversion of unforested... Read More »

CVal: Carbon credit valuation tool for foresters and landowners

This announcement is reprinted from the March 12, 2009 Community Forestry Resource Center weekly news and event summary. CVal: A Carbon Valuation Tool for Foresters and Private Forest Landowners The CVal spreadsheet... Read More »

Silviculture and Carbon in the Cloquet Woods

What are the connections between forests and atmospheric carbon? How do different silvicultural interventions affect forest-based carbon uptake and storage? On February 25, about 75 foresters, researchers, and others took... Read More »

Forest Values and Carbon Markets: Opportunities for Minnesota

Save the date! February 25-26, 2009 Forest Values and Carbon Markets: Opportunities for Minnesota A conference of Blandin Foundation’s Vital Forests/Vital Communities Initiative Cloquet MN, February 25-26, 2009 In 2006 and 2007, the... Read More »

Carbon Credits for forestry

The October MMW email udpate included a feature story on carbon credits for forestry. Carbon credits are currently traded on the Chicago Climate Exchange, and standards and criteria are... Read More »