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The potential role for management of U.S. public lands in greenhouse gas mitigation and climate policy.

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Olander, LP; Cooley, DM; Galik, CS
Published in: Environmental management
March 2012

Management of forests, rangelands, and wetlands on public lands, including the restoration of degraded lands, has the potential to increase carbon sequestration or reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions beyond what is occurring today. In this paper we discuss several policy options for increasing GHG mitigation on public lands. These range from an extension of current policy by generating supplemental mitigation on public lands in an effort to meet national emissions reduction goals, to full participation in an offsets market by allowing GHG mitigation on public lands to be sold as offsets either by the overseeing agency or by private contractors. To help place these policy options in context, we briefly review the literature on GHG mitigation and public lands to examine the potential for enhanced mitigation on federal and state public lands in the United States. This potential will be tempered by consideration of the tradeoffs with other uses of public lands, the needs for climate change adaptation, and the effects on other ecosystem services.

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Environmental management

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EISSN

1432-1009

ISSN

0364-152X

Publication Date

March 2012

Volume

49

Issue

3

Start / End Page

523 / 533

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Global Warming
  • Gases
  • Federal Government
  • Environmental Policy
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Ecology
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Climate Change
 

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Olander, L. P., Cooley, D. M., & Galik, C. S. (2012). The potential role for management of U.S. public lands in greenhouse gas mitigation and climate policy. Environmental Management, 49(3), 523–533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-011-9806-1
Olander, Lydia P., David M. Cooley, and Christopher S. Galik. “The potential role for management of U.S. public lands in greenhouse gas mitigation and climate policy.Environmental Management 49, no. 3 (March 2012): 523–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-011-9806-1.
Olander LP, Cooley DM, Galik CS. The potential role for management of U.S. public lands in greenhouse gas mitigation and climate policy. Environmental management. 2012 Mar;49(3):523–33.
Olander, Lydia P., et al. “The potential role for management of U.S. public lands in greenhouse gas mitigation and climate policy.Environmental Management, vol. 49, no. 3, Mar. 2012, pp. 523–33. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s00267-011-9806-1.
Olander LP, Cooley DM, Galik CS. The potential role for management of U.S. public lands in greenhouse gas mitigation and climate policy. Environmental management. 2012 Mar;49(3):523–533.
Journal cover image

Published In

Environmental management

DOI

EISSN

1432-1009

ISSN

0364-152X

Publication Date

March 2012

Volume

49

Issue

3

Start / End Page

523 / 533

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Global Warming
  • Gases
  • Federal Government
  • Environmental Policy
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Ecology
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Climate Change