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Evett, S.R., Colaizzi, P.D., Lamm, F.R., O’Shaughnessy, S.A., Heeren, D.M., Trout, T.J., et al. (2020) Past, Present, and Future of Irrigation on the U.S. Great Plains. Transactions of the ASABE, 63, 703-729.
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• TITLE: A Plan to Extract Gigatons of Atmospheric CO2 through Agroforestry

  AUTHORS: Darrin F. Meyer

  KEYWORDS: Carbon Sequestration, Agroforestry, Silvopasture, Climate Solution, Carbon Dioxide Removal

  JOURNAL NAME: Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, Vol.14 No.4, October 8, 2024

  ABSTRACT: The UN International Panel Environment Programme (“UNEP”), 2023 Emissions Gap Report urgently presses the global community to adopt a two-pronged approach to reduce atmospheric concentration of CO2—expedite efforts to reduce annual CO2 emissions; and increase investment in large-scale carbon dioxide removal (“CDR”) projects. The Gap Report sets a 2050 target of six-gigatons annual land-based CDR. Our proposed agroforestry project will convert thirty-five-million acres of rangeland in the American Great Plains to silvopasture, combining growing trees and raising livestock. Employing agroforestry interests 61% of Great Plaints farmers/ranchers recently surveyed. The Project plans to annually collect + six-gigatons CO2 equiv. of fallen leaves and store the stable carbon-rich biomass underground for centuries. The purpose of this paper is to describe the framework for formation of a global partnership at the local, regional, and international levels to coordinate public and private financing mechanisms, implement, and operate a large-scale CDR Project that will meaningfully impact the global effort to mitigate climate change.