Continuous Conservation Tillage and Conversion to Grassland Soil Carbon Sequestration Offsets

CCX has developed simple, standardized rules for issuing Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI™) contracts for carbon emission soil sequestration activities in the agricultural sector.  Eligible agricultural soil carbon sequestration projects include continuous conservation tillage and grass planting.

Basic Specifications:

• Conservation tillage: Minimum five year contractual commitment to continuous conservation tillage on enrolled acres.
  
  
• Grass planting: Minimum five year contractual commitment to maintain the conversion of cropland to grasslands. Projects intiated on or after January 1, 2003 in CCX eligible counties may qualify.
  
  
• Carbon sequestration projects must be enrolled through an Offset Aggregator. 
  
  
• All projects must be independently verified by a CCX-Approved Verifier.

CCX Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI™) contracts are issued at a standardized rate of CO₂ per acre per year to land managers who commit to continuous conservation tillage and/or maintenance grass cover plantings. The offset issuance rates for specified regions of the U.S. can be provided upon request.

A copy of the complete protocol for quantifying GHG reductions from Agricultural Methane Collection and Combustion Offset Projects can be downloaded below.

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Related Documents

Chicago Climate Exchange Offset Project Protocol: Agricultural Best Management Practices - Continuous Conservation Tillage and Conversion to Grassland Soil Carbon Sequestration (Issued 9/30/2009)

 

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