THE INVERTED COALMINE BLACK IS THE NEW GREEN Serendipitous Carbon THE INVERTED COALMINE 4 tonnes CO2/ha/year Arable to permanent pasture THE INVERTED COALMINE 8 tonnes CO2/ha/year Drained forest to wetlands THE INVERTED COALMINE 4 tonnes CO2/ha/year Conversion to Continuous Cover Forestry THE INVERTED COALMINE Wetlands 12 t CO2/ha/yr Beetle banks 0,1t /km/yr New hedges 7 t /km/yr Solitary trees 0,1t /tree/yr Other measures THE INVERTED COALMINE 3340 tonnes of CO2 per year Aggregated sequestration potential at Barritskov: 320 hectares arable 370 hectares forest THE INVERTED COALMINE Quality Assurance Additionality Baseline Quantification Permanence Ownership Verification Paper trail THE INVERTED COALMINE CONCLUSIONS Organic farming has vast sequestration to offer Important exercise for all farms and companies An immense opportunity for us all More research is needed THE INVERTED COALMINE More than 1/3 of the increase in atmospheric CO2 comes from Land Use Changes and Forestry If we increased the carbon stock in the terrestrial biosphere by a mere 12 % we would be back at pre-industrial CO2-levels in the atmosphere Terrestrial ecosystems er DNA-coded towards Carbon sequestration The 3 Key GreenCarbon Claims: THE INVERTED COALMINE + 4 tons CO 2 e/ha/r = + 80 tons efter 20 r = tons efter 1 Doesnt it take forever ? THE INVERTED COALMINE Stock of CO2e 2007: t = 500 t/ha 2107: t =1000t/ha Revisiting the past 1007: ?? t mske 1 mio t THE INVERTED COALMINE CONCLUSIONS Organic farming has vast sequestration to offer Important exercise for all farms and companies An immense opportunity for us all More research is needed THE INVERTED COALMINE CONCLUSIONS Organic farming has vast sequestration to offer Important exercise for all farms and companies An immense opportunity for us all More research is needed THE INVERTED COALMINE CONCLUSIONS Organic farming has vast sequestration to offer Important exercise for all farms and companies An immense opportunity for us all More research is needed THE INVERTED COALMINE CONCLUSIONS Organic farming has vast sequestration to offer Important exercise for all farms and companies An immense opportunity for us all More research is needed THE INVERTED COALMINE