Resolution

WHEREAS, researchers estimate that increasing the amount of soil organic carbon in agricultural soils by four parts per thousand worldwide would counter the annual increase in carbon in the atmosphere;

WHEREAS, recent developments in agricultural practices and crop rotations may have resulted in significantly larger carbon sequestration than was previously calculated;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS lobby the Federal and Provincial Governments to increase research on quantifying the impact of increasing carbon inputs on our measurement of carbon sinks;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Canadian Government work with the signatories of the Paris Agreement to accurately measure and recognize agricultural carbon sinks.