Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Soil Carbon Research Program: assessing soil carbon across Australia

As a result of Australia’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and its intent to introduce a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a critical need exists to develop a sound and scientifically defensible definition of the potential for Australia’s soils to sequester carbon.

The Soil Carbon Research Program (SCRP) will bring together soil carbon researchers from CSIRO, State Government Agencies and Universities to deliver a national coordinated program of research projects to address this issue.

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