SCSGlobalServices(SCS)hasevaluatedanewmethodologyformeasuringthecarbonsequestration(封存) abilityofsoilundertheVerifiedCarbonStandard (VCS),aleadinggreenhousegas (GHG) accountingsystem.Themethodology,developedbyTheEarthPartners,willallowlandmanagerswhosequesterGHGsingrasslandsandfarmlandstoproducecarboncreditsforsaleinthevoluntarymarket.
Managersofgrasslandsandfarmlandscanincreasecarbonsequestrationinsoilbypracticessuchaschanginggrazing(放牧)practicesandoperatingtreatmentsdesignedtoimprovethevarietyandproductivityofplantgroups.TheEarthPartnersispresentlypilotingthismethodologywithfarmersacrosssevenmillionacresofthePalouseRiverandColumbiaPlateauregionsinthePacificNorthwest.
"TheVCSprogramhasachievedanimportantmilestoneinnowcombininggrasslandandrangelandcarbonoffsetprojects,"saidDr.RobertJ.Hrubes,ExecutiveVicePresidentofSCS."SCSlooksforwardtoapprovingandverifyingagriculturalcarbonoffsetprojectsthatusethisverypowerfulnewmethodology."
TheVM0021SoilCarbonQuantificationMethodologyisbasedondecadesofsoilcarbonresearchandtestingconductedbytopsoilscientists.ThemethodologywasdevelopedbyTheEarthPartnersandverifiedbyEnvironmentalServices,Inc.aswellasSCSGlobalServices.ItisthefirstsoilcarbonmethodologytobeapprovedforuseundertheVCS.
"Thiswidelytestedmethodologyisthefirsttospeciallydealwithsoilsinamarket,"saidStevenI.Apfelbaum,ChairmanofAppliedEcologicalServices,Inc.andDirectorofSciencewithTheEarthPartners.AccordingtoApfelbaum,soilsrepresentthesecondlargestlivingsinkofcarbonontheplanet.
29.Thenewmethodologyisassessedaccordingto___.
A.TheEarthPartners
B.theVerifiedCarbonStandard
C.EnvironmentalServices,Inc.
D.AppliedEcologicalServices,Inc.
30.Carbonsequestrationinsoilcanbestrengthenedby___.
A.sellingcarboncreditsinthevoluntarymarket
B.changinggrazingpracticesandoperatingtreatments
C.reducingthevarietyandproductivityofplantgroups