【SCSGlobalServices（SCS）hasevaluatedanewmethodologyformeasuringthecarbonsequestration（封存）abilityofsoilundertheVerified（验证）CarbonStandard（VCS）aleadinggreenhousegas（GHG）accountingsystem】

SCSGlobalServices（SCS）hasevaluatedanewmethodologyformeasuringthecarbonsequestration（封存）abilityofsoilundertheVerified（验证）CarbonStandard（VCS）aleadinggreenhousegas（GHG）accountingsystem．ThemethodologydevelopedbyTheEarthPartnerswillallowlandmanagerswhosequesterGHGsingrasslandsandfarmlandstoproducecarboncreditsforsaleinthevoluntarymarket．

Managersofgrasslandsandfarmlandscanincreasecarbonsequestrationinsoilbypracticessuchaschanginggrazing（放牧）practicesandoperatingtreatmentsdesignedtoimprovethevarietyandproductivityofplantgroups．TheEarthPartnersispresentlypilotingthismethodologywithfarmersacrosssevenmillionacresofthePalouseRiverandColumbiaPlateauregionsinthePacificNorthwest．

“TheVCSprogramhasachievedanimportantmilestoneinnowcombininggrasslandandrangelandcarbonoffset（抵消，补偿）projects"saidDr．RobertJ．HrubesExecutiveVicePresidentofSCS．"SCSlooksforwardtoapprovingandverifyingagriculturalcarbonoffsetprojectsthatusethisverypowerfulnewmethodology．"

TheVM0021 SoilCarbonQuantificationMethodologyisbasedondecadesofsoilcarbonresearchandtestingconductedbytopsoilscientists．ThemethodologywasdevelopedbyTheEarthPartnersandverifiedbyEnvironmentalServicesInc．aswellasSCSGlobalServices．ItisthefirstsoilcarbonmethodologytobeapprovedforuseundertheVCS．

"Thiswidelytestedmethodologyisthefirsttospeciallydealwithsoilsinamarket"saidStevenI．ApfelbaumChairmanofAppliedEcologicalServicesInc．andDirectorofSciencewithTheEarthPartners．AccordingtoApfelbaumsoilsrepresentthesecondlargestlivingsinkofcarbonontheplanet．

68．Thenewmethodologyisassessedaccordingto .

A．TheEarthPartners B．theVerifiedCarbonStandard

C．EnvironmentalServicesInc． D．AppliedEcologicalServicesInc．

69．Carbonsequestrationinsoilcanbestrengthenedby .

A．sellingcarboncreditsinthevoluntarymarket

B．changinggrazingpracticesandoperatingtreatments

C．reducingthevarietyandpr