In early December of 2008, a group of dedicated professionals met in Santa Fe, New Mexico to form the Grasslands Carbon Working Group. The group is composed of research scientists, land managers, and advocates, most of whom are some of the world’s leading experts on soil carbon and grassland management.
During a three day symposium, the group developed a series of initiatives and recommendations to further the future consideration of soil and grassland carbon as a viable avenue for mitigating the effects of global climate disruption.
Since then, the group’s activity has taken to the Internet. Currently, the group’s activities and correspondence take place via an online listserv mailing list, where issues of key importance in the field of grassland soil carbon are discussed. If you are a professional in this field and feel that you have something to contribute, please contact us for more information.
Tags: climate change, gcwg, Soil Carbon
I really enjoyed “Making the Case for Soil Carbon” July issue of In Practice. Our group The Central Coast Rangeland Coalition (started by Rich and Joe Morris) is doing a good job with “conventional monitoring”. However we must find better ways to increase soil carbon, ways to measure it and ways to show people its value. I look forward to applying some of your recommendations, and have already brought your information before the group. E-mail is great even for a 73 year old rancher like me! Thanks for your contribution to this cause. George