22-5203. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CARBON SEQUESTRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The carbon sequestration advisory committee may:

(1) Advise and assist the chairman of the Idaho state soil and water conservation commission in preparing the reports required by this chapter and in conducting the assessment pursuant to section 22-5205, Idaho Code;

(2) Recommend policies or programs to enhance the ability of Idaho agricultural and nonindustrial private forest landowners to participate in systems of carbon trading. Such recommendations shall include potential policies or programs designed to optimize economic benefits to agricultural producers and nonindustrial private forest landowners participating in carbon trading transactions. Such policies or programs may include, but are not limited to, identifying existing or the potential of creating nonprofit organizations or other public or private entities capable of serving as assemblers of carbon credits or as intermediaries on behalf of producers in carbon trading systems;

(3) Encourage the production of educational and advisory materials regarding carbon sequestration on agricultural and forest lands and participation in systems of carbon or greenhouse emissions trading;

(4) Identify and recommend areas of research needed to better understand and quantify the processes of carbon sequestration on agricultural and forest lands; and

(5) Review the carbon sequestration programs and policies of other states.

History:

[(22-5203) 22-5103, added 2002, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 738; am. & redesig. 2003, ch. 16, sec. 5, p. 54; am. 2010, ch. 279, sec. 21, p. 745.]