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 Is soil carbon sequestration a worthwhile policy?

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Bruce Boyes posted 09-08-2022 14:40
In a recent webinar and accompanying journal paper, Professor David Pannell from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia questions if soil carbon sequestration can ever be a worthwhile climate policy.

Do you agree or disagree with the reasons that Professor Pannell puts forward for this?

How might Landcare assist in overcoming the challenges that Professor Pannell discusses?
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patneve posted 09-08-2022 17:34
I think Professor Parnell puts forward some very valid points and it seems to me that sequestration in soils is unlikely to make a major contribution to reducing carbon emissions. There also seems to be a real danger that this sequestration may not be permanent. 100 years may  be a long time for an individual human but is nothing in terms of climate change, so if we are going to pay anyone to sequester carbon we need to be sure that it is locked away for a lot longer than 100 years.
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MelanieH posted 06-09-2022 16:45
In his Keynote presentation at the 2022 National Landcare Conference, Professor Mark Howden - Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions - talks on soil carbon sequestration for ten minutes! Watch Professor Howden discuss its plausibility as a worthwhile climate policy from 30:14, via https://youtu.be/ZoZC118MsnI?t=1814

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