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Federal Strategy for Advancing Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Monitoring for Agriculture and Forestry

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Aug 12, 2023· Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council· USDA-2023-0009-0112

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Aug 12, 2023· Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· USDA-2023-0009-0068

The attached letter responds to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement and Monitoring for the Agriculture and Forest Sectors. We appreciate this opportunity to provide input on the Strategy and comment on the important issues raised by the request. Herein, we urge the Department to accurately account for GHG from logging and continue refining methods for assessing carbon storage and sequestration in mature and old growth forests and tress. This response is submitted on behalf of Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Earthjustice, Environment America, Standing Trees, Sierra Club, Wild Earth Guardians, and Center for Biological Diversity.

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Abstract

This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued on behalf of the Administration's Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Measurement Interagency Working Group (GHG IWG). We are making available the draft interagency report entitled "Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Monitoring for the Agriculture and Forest Sectors" and are seeking public input on a number of themes flowing from the Strategy. Comments received will inform the GHG IWG, and agencies planning and implementation of an agriculture and forestry monitoring, measurement, reporting, and verification framework and near-term activities, including discussions on potential partnerships.

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