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Areas of Potential Opportunity for Carbon Sequestration on Agricultural Lands in Canada
This tool provides an overall summary of areas of
potential opportunity for soil carbon sequestration.
It provides spatial information across Canada showing areas of higher potential opportunity to sequester carbon on agricultural lands that are based on the integration of currently available datasets. Lower potential areas do not suggest that there are no carbon sequestration opportunities; however, these areas are considered lower in priority.
To aid in the interpretation of the map, please refer to the legend. Areas in red have the highest potential opportunity for carbon sequestration whereas areas in blue have the lowest potential opportunity for carbon sequestration. This analysis was performed by AAFC’s AgroClimate, Geomatics, and Earth Observation Division with best readily available datasets.
This tool could be used in an Agricultural Climate Solutions project proposal as part of the justification for a proposed Living Lab collaboration hub location or landscape.
Methodology:
As described in the Program website (include hyperlink to the Program), the main focus of Agricultural Climate Solutions will be on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, primarily through soil carbon sequestration. Therefore, the most suitable regions to implement a Living Lab collaboration hub are areas with high potential for soil carbon sequestration. These regions should then be further analyzed by the lead applicants for its high potential for adoption of agriculture beneficial management practices that can contribute to or hinder soil carbon sequestration.
The rating score for this map was based on two
environmental components: carbon sequestration capability and agricultural practices. The weighting of these
factors was determined on a national basis and all regions within Canada have been rated using the same
criteria. Only data sets which cover all agricultural lands within a particular province are used in this
analysis, and thus all projects will be rated equitably.
The following datasets were incorporated in the
weighting model:
Under the Soil Carbon Sequestration
heading:
Under the Agricultural Practices heading:
Data Limitations/Caveats:
For a more detailed analysis, applicants are invited to browse data available on the Government of Canada Open Data portal (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data).
Areas of Potential Opportunity for Carbon Sequestration on Agricultural Lands in Canada
This tool provides an overall summary of areas of
potential opportunity for soil carbon sequestration.
It provides spatial information across Canada showing areas of higher potential opportunity to sequester carbon on agricultural lands that are based on the integration of currently available datasets. Lower potential areas do not suggest that there are no carbon sequestration opportunities; however, these areas are considered lower in priority.
To aid in the interpretation of the map, please refer to the legend. Areas in red have the highest potential opportunity for carbon sequestration whereas areas in blue have the lowest potential opportunity for carbon sequestration. This analysis was performed by AAFC’s AgroClimate, Geomatics, and Earth Observation Division with best readily available datasets.
This tool could be used in an Agricultural Climate Solutions project proposal as part of the justification for a proposed Living Lab collaboration hub location or landscape.
Methodology:
As described in the Program website (include hyperlink to the Program), the main focus of Agricultural Climate Solutions will be on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, primarily through soil carbon sequestration. Therefore, the most suitable regions to implement a Living Lab collaboration hub are areas with high potential for soil carbon sequestration. These regions should then be further analyzed by the lead applicants for its high potential for adoption of agriculture beneficial management practices that can contribute to or hinder soil carbon sequestration.
The rating score for this map was based on two
environmental components: carbon sequestration capability and agricultural practices. The weighting of these
factors was determined on a national basis and all regions within Canada have been rated using the same
criteria. Only data sets which cover all agricultural lands within a particular province are used in this
analysis, and thus all projects will be rated equitably.
The following datasets were incorporated in the
weighting model:
Under the Soil Carbon Sequestration
heading:
Under the Agricultural Practices heading:
Data Limitations/Caveats:
For a more detailed analysis, applicants are invited to browse data available on the Government of Canada Open Data portal (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data).