Forum Goals and Objectives

In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Farm Foundation convened the "Forestry and Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Modeling Forum" to showcase alternative approaches to modeling agriculture and land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) activities that preserve and sequester carbon and/or reduce emissions of other greenhouse gases (GHGs).

The Forum's goal is to bring together, on a recurring basis, leading researchers to compare different biophysical and economic modeling approaches and empirical analyses of GHG mitigation options in the forestry and agriculture sectors. The objective is to provide information useful for public and private strategic analysis and planning of domestic and international policy options for carbon sequestration and GHG mitigation options in the two sectors.