Notes and Discussion from Roundtables:

Roundtable VI

Hannah Gosnell - December 1, 2009

Carbon Cowboys: Understanding and Enhancing Ranchers’ Role in Mitigating Climate Change   

  1. Presentation and Discussion Notes for BIE Rangelands Roundtable VI Hannah Gosnell.pdf

  2. Background reading on carbon market and rangelands:

  3. Diaz, David D., Charnley, Susan, Gosnell, Hannah. 2009. Engaging western landowners in climate change mitigation: a guide to carbon-oriented forest and range management and carbon market opportunities. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-801. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 81 p.   



Roundtable V

Alejandro Caparros - November 13, 2009

Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Forests as a New Source of Income for Landowners   

  1. Presentation and Discussion Notes for BIE Rangelands Roundtable V Alejandro Caparros.pdf


Roundtable IV

Avery Cohn - September 25, 2009

Developing a Decision Support Tool for Livestock Climate Policy Analysis   

  1. Presentation and Discussion Notes for BIE Rangelands Roundtable IV Avery Cohn.pdf


Roundtable III

Patrick Gonzalez - May 28, 2009

Monitoring Carbon in Savannas and Woodlands with Field Inventories and Remote Sensing

  1. Presentation and Discussion Notes for BIE Rangelands Roundtable III, Patrick Gonzalez (pdf)


Roundtable II

Dennis Baldocchi - March 20, 2009

Carbon and Water Exchange of an Oak-Grass Savanna and Peatland Pasture Ecosystem

  1. Presentation and Discussion Notes for BIE Rangelands Roundtable II, Dennis Baldocchi (pdf)



Roundtable I

Whendee Silver - March 6, 2009

Soil Carbon Pools in California Rangeland Soils: Implications for Carbon Sequestration

  1. Presentation and Discussion Notes for BIE Rangelands Roundtable I, Whendee Silver (pdf)


Roundtable Mission:

to further knowledge of the potential of rangeland systems to produce biodiversity, carbon sequestration, biofuels, and other goods and services
to develop new, cross-disciplinary research founded in that knowledge and the relationships developed as a result of the roundtable.

Activities:

Starting with a core interdisciplinary group of Berkeley faculty with a long-standing interest in rangelands, this roundtable will develop a series of lectures and discussions on the state of knowledge and the research possibilities in examining rangeland production systems from multiple disciplines. In addition to bringing in faculty from other disciplines, local practitioners (rangeland producers) and cooperative extension field advisors will join the roundtable.

 

Organizers:

  1. James Bartolome (lead faculty)

  2. Lynn Huntsinger

(lead faculty)

  1. William Stewart

  2. Nathan Sayre

  3. John Battles

  4. Peter Berck

  5. Kayje Booker (graduate student)