Methodology for Sustainable Grassland Management (SGM)

ALM-SGM

The methodology aims to estimate greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon sequestration in grasslands, by applying sustainable grassland management practices (SGM). Regarding carbon sequestration, carbon stock enhancement within the project boundary in above ground and soil organic carbon (SOC) pools is considered. This methodology is applicable to projects that introduce SGM into a grassland landscape subject to conditions such that SOC would remain constant or decrease in the absence of the project. Where biogeochemical models can be demonstrated to be applicable in the project region, they may be used to estimate SOC pool changes. Where such models are not applicable, the methodology provides using direct measurement methods to estimate of SOC pool changes.