Related publications co-authored by program director Tim Tear:

• Savanna fire management can generate enough carbon revenue to help restore Africa’s rangelands and fill Protected Area funding gaps (Dec. 2021)
• Prediction of forest parameters and carbon accounting under different fire regimes in Miombo woodlands, Niassa Special Reserve, Northern Mozambique (Dec. 2021)

Partnership With CarbonSolve

CarbonSolve is a U.S. based company established to promote the development of carbon projects around the world. CarbonSolve’s niche in the growing carbon market is developing carbon projects in grassland and rangeland habitats where grazing and/or fire management are the dominant activities. CarbonSolve’s mission is to restore ecosystems, conserve wildlife, and enhance human socio-economic development through carbon financed land use.

CarbonSolve, in partnership with BRI and others, has recently launched a 1.5 million hectare soil carbon project in the Kajiado District of Kenya’s southern rangelands region. Click here to learn more.

• Grazing Management— Rotational grazing utilizes a portion of the grazing land while allowing the remainder to rest. Livestock is rotated from section to section allowing the “resting” portion to recover. Rotational grazing leads to recovered grass, greater infiltration with lower runoff, and a deeper organic layer that absorbs more carbon. More soil carbon means greater moisture retention and nutrient cycling capacity, making the land more resilient to drought.

• Fire Management—Land managers can accomplish a “cooler” burn by intentionally starting grassland fires early in the dry season, using less woody fuel overall but still removing enough vegetation to prevent unintended high-intensity fires later in the season. As a result, less carbon emissions are released into the atmosphere, while more carbon is retained in the soil. Both outcomes are quantifiable and sellable as carbon offset credits on the global carbon market