WONDER EARTH PARNTERS

ROAD MAP FOR CO2

GLOSSARY

Wonder Earth Partners CO2 Glossary

Agriculture - Agriculture lands are lands where the harvest of crops is the primary focus. Some agricultural lands qualify for carbon credit. Crop rotations enable the accumulation of carbon in agricultural soils. No-till farming is one of many techniques to enhance the carbon content.

Grasslands - Pastureland and grazing fields have the potential for carbon sequestration, especially when shade trees exist on the property. Some grassland management techniques will increase3 the fertility of land by accumulating carbon in the soil.

Wildlife Habitat - Wonder Earth Partners' Safe Harbor Program is designed to increase animal habitat. Tree species that have little timber value are still important for biodiversity and habitat6 and carbon credit is available for providing access to trees that would otherwise become firewood.

Private Forests - Timberlands can get carbon credit, which allows the owner to prolong the time that the timber remains standing. Each additional year of growth gives the tree more time to accumulate additional carbon into its structure.

State Forests - Public lands provide an opportunity to enhance the public coffers while obeying state land management regulations. The Oregon Forest Resource Trust can provide opportunities to plant trees for carbon sequestration.

Wetlands - Wetlands are areas of land that retain water for a portion of the year. Recently discoveries demonstrate the importance of healthy wetlands to enhance natural forest ecosystems. Carbon credits will be used to fuel research to increase the growth of wetland areas.

Developing the Baseline - The baseline for carbon credit is the amount of carbon that the land has in 1990. Wonder Earth Partners will provide an accurate assessment of the baseline conditions on each property in our mutual pool.

Carbon Storage - Trees are major carbon sinks because the carbon dioxide that they absorb is converted into wood fiber, which is retained for the lifetime of the tree. Plants and soils also store significant carbon.

Soil Biology - The life underground is as complex as the life above the surface. Soil biology includes the roots of plants and their interactions with fungi, microbes, small animals and many other live objects.

Plant Physiology - This field explains how the plants are able to take up nutrients through their root system, often working in tandem with fungus, bacteria, nematodes, arthropods, worms, etc.

Microbial Physiology - Microbes are small living organisms that feed off decaying wood and other decompositions. There are roughly a million microbes in a teaspoon of healthy soil.

Biochemistry - Biochemistry is the study of chemistry of living organisms. The chemical processes that create biological intermediates are important to keeping a healthy prosperous forest.

New Growth Schemes - Wonder Earth Partners include scientists that study natural systems. We can use scientific methods of chemistry and botany to enhance growth and sequester more carbon.

Recovery Technology - Keeping organic matter in the resource loop is a secondary goal of Wonder Earth Partners. Understanding processes like composting will allow our researchers to develop new mechanisms of pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Geological Enhancement - Various natural strata contain metal carbonates. By understanding the complex chemistry of rock formations, the Wonder Earth Partners can look at the potential for structural deposition of carbon.

Plant Metabolic Pathways - As plants grow, they are often limited by the absence of an essential nutrient that prevents optimum rate of growth. Wonder Earth Partners scientists are doing research to increase plant metabolism for both agricultural and timber industries.

Biomass Sequestration - Fruits and vegetables are only a small portion of the total biomass of the plants that they grow on. Wonder Earth Partners are working on synthetic fuels that exploit the additional carbon grown in the non-edible portions of agricultural crops.

Tree Growth - Several factors limit trees from reaching their full growth potential. Experiments are under way to reveal these barriers and enable a healthy forest to reach maximum potential for carbon sequestration.

Integrated Technologies - All the methods described above provide dynamic interactions to enhance carbon accumulation. By connecting the dots and combining several strategies, Wonder Earth Partners hopes to create more efficient methods of removing carbon from the air.

Monitoring - Keeping track of plant growth is our business. Wonder Earth Partners hopes to develop state of the art methodologies to observe changes in the rate of carbon accumulation in plants, soils and water.

Goals: Strategic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide - The science of natural resources is the business of Wonder Earth Partners. Our focus on plant, soil and water research will allow us to use chemistry principles to optimize the ability to gather carbon.

For further Information - contact us: john@wonderearthpartners.com or Wonder Earth Partners, 949 Edies Lane, Myrtle Creek, Oregon 97457 or 1-877-960-5969