Additionality and Avoiding Grassland Conversion in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States

• Published in: Rangeland ecology & management Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 201 - 215
• Main Authors: Baker, Justin S., Proville, Jeremy, Latané, Annah, Cajka, Jamie, Aramayo-Lipa, Lindsay, Parkhurst, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence the Society for Range Management 01.03.2020; Elsevier Inc; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: additionality; Agricultural commodities; Agricultural land; Agricultural management; avoided grassland conversion; Carbon; Carbon offsets; Climate change; Computer simulation; Conservation; Conversion; Costs; Design; Econometrics; Economic models; Emissions; Environmental economics; GHG offset; Grasslands; Incentives; Land use; Landowners; Mitigation; Monetary incentives; Offsets; Parameterization; Participation; Pasture; Prairie Pothole Region; Protocol; Reinforcement; United States > US; additionality; avoided grassland conversion; GHG offset; Prairie Pothole Region

Grassland conversion into croplands in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States is a persistent hurdle toward mitigating climate change. Several carbon offset markets have been designed to reward landowners for keeping lands in their native state when incentives to convert are high. We explor...