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Publications: Cattails Harvesting for Carbon Offsets and Nutrient Capture: A “Lake Friendly” greenhouse gas project » Richard Grosshans, Philip Gass, Rosemary Dohan, Dimple Roy, Henry David Venema, Matthew McCandless, IISD, 2013.

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Cattails Harvesting for Carbon Offsets and Nutrient Capture: A “Lake Friendly” greenhouse gas project» Richard Grosshans, Philip Gass, Rosemary Dohan, Dimple Roy, Henry David Venema, Matthew McCandless, IISD, 2013.Paper, 55 pages, copyright: IISD
The Cattail Biomass Harvesting project is pursuing and evaluating the commercial-scale harvesting of cattail (Typha spp.) for its multiple co-benefits, in particular:
  1. Nutrient capture (i.e., phosphorus) through harvesting of nutrient-rich biomass to reduce phosphorus loading to Lake Winnipeg
  2. Use of harvested biomass as a viable feedstock for bioenergy to displace coal used for heating
  3. Certification of cattails through the voluntary market for generation of carbon offset credits
  4. Demonstration of commercial-scale agricultural equipment for harvesting in wet environments
This progress report details the project background, descriptions of current cattail biomass harvest sites, a proposed plan for commercial-scale cattail harvesting, and opportunities for carbon offset markets and certification. It concludes with a legislative and regulatory review for cattail harvesting in Manitoba. The Cattail Biomass Harvesting project, a component of the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s ongoing Netley-Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy Project, is co-funded by Manitoba Lotteries, Manitoba Conservation Department of Water Stewardship and Manitoba Hydro.

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