{"id":22415,"date":"2022-12-09T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/regno-unito-foreste-carbonio\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T16:05:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:05:45","slug":"uk-forests-carbon-sequestration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/uk-forests-carbon-sequestration\/","title":{"rendered":"UK researchers investigate carbon sequestration capacity in forests"},"content":{"rendered":"

British forests can contribute significantly to climate mitigation. A project aims to define the potential of agroforestry and open the way to a new market<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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Assess the potential for carbon sequestration<\/strong> in UK forests to better support climate mitigation strategies by engaging operators, managers and funders. That is the goal of the Woodland Carbon Code<\/a> project, sponsored by the Soil Association<\/strong>, an Edinburgh-based environmental body, along with other organizations such as the Woodland Trust, Finance Earth, Organic Research Centre and the Scottish Rural College (SRUC).<\/p>\n

The program, which was discussed at a webinar<\/a> in recent weeks, “is investigating the carbon sequestered by in-field agroforestry systems and the feasibility aand opportunity to generate robust carbon credits,” Clive Thomas<\/strong>, Senior Policy Advisor to the Soil Association, explained. These “might be used for either insetting, as a contribution to a landowner\/supply chian net zero strategy or for sale to 3rd parties, as credits for offsetting of unavoidable emissions within a robust emissions reduction strategy.”<\/p>\n