{"id":185,"date":"2020-09-14T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T21:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/?p=185"},"modified":"2023-05-03T16:06:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:06:39","slug":"agroforestry-and-carbon-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/2020\/09\/14\/agroforestry-and-carbon-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Agroforestry and Carbon Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/sis\/centers\/carbon-removal\/about.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Authored by Allison Tennant<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Carbon Removal Program Assistant, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy &amp; Union of Concerned Scientists<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On September 2nd, the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy (ICR) hosted a webinar on agroforestry, the latest in our explainer series. ICR Fellow <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/sis\/centers\/carbon-removal\/about.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason Funk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> moderated a panel that featured:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/research\/people\/profile.php?alias=sstein#:~:text=Susan%20is%20the%20director%20of,the%20Natural%20Resources%20Conservation%20Service.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Susan Stein<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Director of the USDA National Agroforestry Center\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frec.vt.edu\/people\/munsell.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Munsell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Professor and Forest Management Extension Specialist in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldagroforestry.org\/staff\/patrick-worms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patrick Worms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Senior Science Policy Advisor at the World Agroforestry Centre, presented on the different technical and economic aspects of agroforestry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Susan Stein kicked off the presentations by giving the USDA definition of agroforestry: \u201cThe intentional integration of trees or shrubs with crop and animal production to create environmental, economic, and social benefits.\u201d She then explained five types of agroforestry \u2014 forest buffer, alley cropping, silvopasture, windbreak, forest farming \u2014 and how they remove and store carbon. In the U.S., over 30,000 farms practice some form of agroforestry with government and private support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Munsell followed with the social, environmental, and economic benefits of agroforestry, such as increasing yield, increasing soil, improving air and water quality, and strengthening social capital. He also explained some of the barriers to widespread adoption and potential policies to address those issues. While a lack of awareness and knowledge of agroforestry among farmers poses one barrier, the time and space needed to see returns poses a more formidable obstacle.\u00a0 Professor Munsell discussed upfront payments for land conversion, performance-based payments, and cost-share programs as ways to address that barrier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patrick Worms rounded out the presentations by giving an international perspective and examples. He pointed out the great potential for agroforestry, and land management solutions in general, to remove carbon dioxide worldwide and the need for broader adoption. Currently, 43% of all agricultural land has more than 10% tree cover, but there are many opportunities for growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The presentations were followed by questions from the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy would like to thank environmental journalist Erik Hoffner for helping to organize this webinar. Erik publishes a series on agroforestry for the award-winning environmental news site <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mongabay.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mongabay.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which you can find at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/series\/global-agroforestry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/series\/global-agroforestry\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next webinar in this series is \u201cEquity and Justice in Carbon Removal\u201d which will take place Monday, September 21 at 10am ET. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/equity-and-justice-in-carbon-removal-an-icr-webinar-tickets-120050507299\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sign up here.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You can find recordings of all past webinars on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/sis\/centers\/carbon-removal\/webinars.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">our website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authored by Allison Tennant, Carbon Removal Program Assistant, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy &amp; Union of Concerned Scientists On September 2nd, the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy (ICR) hosted a webinar on agroforestry, the latest in our explainer series. ICR Fellow Jason Funk moderated a panel that featured:\u00a0 Susan Stein, Director &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/2020\/09\/14\/agroforestry-and-carbon-removal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Agroforestry and Carbon Removal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-nature-based-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}