Primary Objectives
The Appalachian Carbon Research Group (ACRG) is an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff and students at Appalachian concerned with the environmental and social impacts of excessive carbon dioxide emissions. Research objectives are focused on seeking and evaluating solutions through carbon accounting methodology, and negative emissions technologies (including carbon offset markets), with particular attention on forest carbon and forest conservation practices. In addition, we are interested in how forest conservation practices can increase and/or complement the economic capacity of privately owned forests, particularly in rural Appalachia.
Capabilities
Remote Sensing, Carbon Inventorying, Behaviorial Analysis, Environmental Policy, Forest Carbon Accounting, GIS Spatial Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Sustainability Reporting
Cluster Members
- Gregg Marland, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
- Tammy Kowalczyk, Interim Director of RIEEE, Department of Accounting
- Tatyana Ruseva, Department of Government and Justice Studies
- Eric Marland, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Mike Madritch, Department of Biology
Sample Work Products
- CDIAC Update - Global, Regional and National Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions: 1751-2016
- OFFSETS Workshops - Carbon Offsets for Small-Scale Forest Owners
- Understanding and Analysis: The California Air Resources Board Forest Offset Protocol
- Additionality and permancence standards in California's Forest Offset Protocol: A review of project and program level implications
- The role of CO2 emissions from large point sources in emissions totals, responsibility, and policy
- Accounting for harvested wood products in a forest offset program: Lessons from California
Keywords
Carbon accounting, Forest carbon, Carbon mitigation, Negative emissions, Carbon offsets
Sponsors
US Forest Service
Oakridge Associated Universities
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
NASA Carbon Monitoring System