SCSGlobalServices(SCS)hasevaluatedanewmethodologyformeasuringthecarbonsequestration(封存)abilityofsoilundertheVerified(验证)CarbonStandard(VCS)aleadinggreenhousegas(GHG)accountingsystem.ThemethodologydevelopedbyTheEarthPartnerswillallowlandmanagerswhosequesterGHGsingrasslandsandfarmlandstoproducecarboncreditsforsaleinthevoluntarymarket.
Managersofgrasslandsandfarmlandscanincreasecarbonsequestrationinsoilbypracticessuchaschanginggrazing(放牧)practicesandoperatingtreatmentsdesignedtoimprovethevarietyandproductivityofplantgroups.TheEarthPartnersispresentlypilotingthismethodologywithfarmersacrosssevenmillionacresofthePalouseRiverandColumbiaPlateauregionsinthePacificNorthwest.
“TheVCSprogramhasachievedanimportantmilestoneinnowcombininggrasslandandrangelandcarbonoffset(抵消,补偿)projects"saidDr.RobertJ.HrubesExecutiveVicePresidentofSCS."SCSlooksforwardtoapprovingandverifyingagriculturalcarbonoffsetprojectsthatusethisverypowerfulnewmethodology."
TheVM0021 SoilCarbonQuantificationMethodologyisbasedondecadesofsoilcarbonresearchandtestingconductedbytopsoilscientists.ThemethodologywasdevelopedbyTheEarthPartnersandverifiedbyEnvironmentalServicesInc.aswellasSCSGlobalServices.ItisthefirstsoilcarbonmethodologytobeapprovedforuseundertheVCS.
"Thiswidelytestedmethodologyisthefirsttospeciallydealwithsoilsinamarket"saidStevenI.ApfelbaumChairmanofAppliedEcologicalServicesInc.andDirectorofSciencewithTheEarthPartners.AccordingtoApfelbaumsoilsrepresentthesecondlargestlivingsinkofcarbonontheplanet.
68.Thenewmethodologyisassessedaccordingto .
A.TheEarthPartners B.theVerifiedCarbonStandard
C.EnvironmentalServicesInc. D.AppliedEcologicalServicesInc.
69.Carbonsequestrationinsoilcanbestrengthenedby .
A.sellingcarboncreditsinthevoluntarymarket
B.changinggrazingpracticesandoperatingtreatments
C.reducingthevarietyandpr