Agroecosystems / Carbon Sequestration Research Focus |
Iowa Final Report
Presentations, Papers And Resulting Public Awareness Through the efforts of the researchers, conservation partners, and NACD, various press articles and scientific papers have been published on the Iowa C Storage Project. A compilation of these is attached in Appendix E. These articles are intended to inform the public, not only in Iowa but throughout the U.S., of the C sequestration issue and the implications of this project. They also succeed in illustrating how local people can become a part of the debate, and how local land managers can assume a significant role in the development of science and policy. Scientists from NREL and NRCS have made presentations in the US and internationally concerning the project and its findings and are summarized in Appendix E. These presentations were made to local land managers, state conservation partners, national policy leaders, and scientific audiences at national and international conferences. Special presentations to increase awareness of global change impacts and opportunities for agriculture and conservation, including the Iowa Carbon Storage Project, were made at each of NACD's six regional meetings during 2000. Publishing in peer reviewed scientific journals facilitates the advancement of science in C modeling and our ability to quantify rates of carbon sequestration. Several papers are currently under preparation, and will be submitted to various publishing venues. These papers describe and analyze the methods and results of the Iowa project and comprise the basis for further research on soil C and GHGs. |