NEW YORK STATE FOREST CARBON ASSESSMENT

• Sponsoring Institution: Other Cooperating Institutions
• Project Status: COMPLETE
• Funding Source: STATE
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 1021051
• Project Start Date: Sep 3, 2019
• Project End Date: Mar 31, 2023
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
(N/A)
SYRACUSE,NY 13210

Performing Department
Forest & Natural Resources Management

Non Technical Summary
State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry ("ESF") will provide the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("Department") the analytic support needed to conduct an inventory and forecast of forest-based greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in the state and to incorporate feedback from technical advisory groups and stakeholders.Governor Andrew Cuomo formed the US Climate Alliance in 2017 and in 2018 New York and other Alliance states committed to a "Natural and Working Lands Challenge." To meet this "challenge," the Department must determine how NYS's 19 million acres of forest, 7 million acres of farmland, and 2.4 million acres of wetlands contribute to the State's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. Additionally, the Governor's 2019 State of the State proposal commits the state to reach carbon neutrality as soon as possible and for the Department to release a carbon neutrality roadmap. Understanding carbon sequestration on our natural and working lands will be central to this work. This project also serves to launch the Climate and Applied Forest Research Institute (CAFRI) at ESF, as announced at the Governor's 2018 Forest and Wood Products Summit.For the forest sector, the Department requires new protocols for estimating net emissions, particularly for inventorying and forecasting forest carbon sequestration. Faculty at ESF have participated in the US Climate Alliance working group activities, are already active partners on related work with the Department and the major stakeholders, and are well-positioned to provide the analytic and subject-matter expertise needed for this work.Awarded Start Date: 7/1/2019Sponsor: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Animal Health Component

50%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

50%

Applied

50%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
141	0120	1070	34%
141	0330	1070	33%
141	0613	1070	33%

Knowledge Area
141 - Air Resource Protection and Management;

Subject Of Investigation
0120 - Land; 0330 - Wetland and riparian systems; 0613 - Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests;

Field Of Science
1070 - Ecology;

Keywords

carbon sequestration

forest-based greenhouse gas emissions

greenhouse gas emission reduction

Goals / Objectives
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Project Methods
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