Planetary Emissions Management Inc
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MAINE FOREST CARBON PROJECT WORKSHOP
MAY 27, 2010 -- 1 to 4pm
Location: Gulf of Maine Research Institute
350 Commercial Str., Portland, ME
WORKSHOP ABSTRACT
AGENDA
Maine's 17 million+ acres of forests have
played a key role in shaping Maine's
economic and social history ranging from
large- scale lumber production to clearing
for agriculture to pulp and paper
production. However, in the context of
carbon management, greenhouse gas
reduction policies and carbon trading the
options for the future of Maine's forests
have yet to be developed and
implemented. The Maine Forest Carbon
Project is sponsoring a workshop to explore
and discuss economically viable carbonbased programs consistent with forest
stewardship and Maine's participation in
greenhouse gas reduction frameworks. The
workshop will feature presentations by
USM interns, PEM Inc. and a diverse panel
of distinguished Maine professionals and
scholars. The results of the workshop will
be summarized and made available on the
web providing a continuing forum for
discussion of the future of one of Maine's
greatest natural resources.
1:00
Opening remarks, Bruno D.V. Marino, CEO &
Founder PEM, Inc.
1:00 – 1:20
Exploring Maine's Forests: An Overview of Place,
History and Status, Jared Donisvitch, Intern,
USM
1:20 – 1:40
RGGI & Maine Forest Carbon, Michelle
DeBartolo-Stone, Intern, USM
1:40 – 2:00 Is Carbon Trading Economically
Viable for Maine's Forest Carbon? David
Holman, Intern, USM
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 2:35 Technology Requirements for a
Carbon Trading Platform in Maine, Bruno D.V.
Marino, PEM, Inc.
2:35 – 2:55 Maine's Trace Gas Budget: A View
from the Forest, Carl Parisien, PEM, Inc.
3:00 – 4:00
Panel comments, discussion, audience Q&A
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SPONSOR INFORMATION
Planetary Emissions Management Inc. (www.pem-carbon.com) is an early stage company offering
products and services for the monitoring, verification and accounting (MVA) of greenhouse gases. PEMs
revolutionary analytical technology for the rare forms of carbon makes hidden carbon transformations
visible and quantifiable, reducing uncertainty in the carbon economy value chain. PEM offices are
located in Cambridge, MA, and Portland, ME (Maine Center for Economic Development). PEM was
selected for a 4 year, $2 million, cooperative agreement with the DOE’s National Energy Technology
Laboratory to develop and deploy PEM technology for high resolution leakage detection of fossil fuel
CO2 stored underground in geological carbon sequestration sites. Contact Bruno D.V. Marino
(bruno.marino@pem-carbon.com) for more information.
PRESENTER INFORMATION
Jared Donisvitch is a USM student majoring in Geography and a PEM intern with 10+ years experience
using GIS, ARCGIS and related database software.
Michelle De-Barotolo Stone is a USM student majoring in Environmental Planning and Policy and a PEM
intern.
David Hollman is a USM student enrolled in the Master’s Degree in Business Administration program
with a focus on sustainable business and a PEM intern.
Bruno D.V. Marino is Founder and CEO of Planetary Emissions Management Inc. Bruno has a PhD from
Harvard University, Dept. Earth & Planetary Science and a Masters in Biological Anthropology, Harvard
University. He was Director of Science and Research at Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, and leads the science
effort for PEM. Related publications include:
Marino, B.D.V. Marino, B.D.V. Isotopic Constraints on Carbon Trading. Extended abstract #34, First
International Greenhouse Gas Measurement Symposium, March 22-25, Air & Waste Management
Association (2009).
Marino, B.D.V., and MacNeish, R.S. Isotopic Studies of Changing Environments and Climates. In:
Pendejo Cave (Eds., R.S. MacNeish & J.G. Libby) pp.121-124, University of New Mexico Press (2003).
Marino, B.D.V., Odum, H.T., Mitsch, W .J. (Eds.), Biosphere 2: Research Past and Present. Special Issue of
Ecol. Eng. 13(1-4): 1-362 (1999).
Marino, B.D.V., Mahato, T.R., Druitt, J.W., Leigh, L., Lin, G., Russell, R., Tubiello, F. The Biosphere 2
Intensive Agricultural Mesocosm: Structure, Composition and Function. Ecological Engineering, 13:199234 (1999).
Rosenthal, Y., Farnsworth, B., Rodrigo Romo, F.V., Lin, G., and Marino, B.D.V. High Quality, Continuous
Measurements of CO2 in Biosphere 2 to Assess Whole Mesocosm Carbon Cycling. Ecological
Engineering, 13: 249-262 (1999).
Lin, G., Marino, B.D.V., Wei, Y., Adams, J., Tubiello, F., and Berry, J.A. An experimental and modeling
study of responses in ecosystems carbon exchanges to increasing CO2 concentrations using a tropical
rainforest mesocosm. Aust. J. Plant Phys. 25: 547-556 (1998).
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Carl Parisien is Director of IT Operations and Database Management for PEM, Inc. Carl has a Master’s of
Science, Administration and Information Technology from Boston University and has extensive
experience in IT and database management including VeriSign/m-Qube.com and Oracle Corporation.
PANEL MEMBERS:
James Acheson is Professor of Anthropology and Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. James has
done extensive fieldwork in Michoacan Mexico on issues of economic development in a Purepecha
speaking community, and in fishing communities along the Maine Coast. Between 2004 and 2008 he did
a project on the management of Maine forests financed by the National Science Foundation. Much of
his work has focused on the social science aspects of resource management. Some of his recent articles
on include:
Acheson, James. "The Politics of Managing the Maine Lobster Industry: 1860 to the Present." Human
Ecology 25(1): 3-25 (1997).
Acheson, James. “Maine: On the Cusp of the Forest Transition.” Human Organization 67(2): 125-136
(2008).
Acheson, James. “Causes of Deforestation: The Maine Case.” (Jon McCloskey, second author) Human
Ecology. 36:909-922 (2008).
Acheson, James. “Maine Forest Land: Private Property and Hunting Commons.” (Julianna Acheson,
second author) International Journal of the Commons (2010).
Nick Bennett is Staff Scientist and Watersheds Project Director, Natural Resource Council of Maine.
Nick is a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry. His professional background includes work in PCB
contamination; wetlands delineations; wildlife surveys; and analysis of fish, soils, surface and ground
water. Prior to working at NRCM, Nick worked at an environmental consulting firm, the Center for
Marine Conservation, and the Marine Biological Laboratories in Woods Hole. Please visit:
http://www.nrcm.org for additional information, including NRCM’s publication entitled, “Global
Warming in Maine: Warning Signs, Winning Solutions” and NRCM’s documentary entitled, "Protecting
the Nature of Maine: Fifty Years of the Natural Resources Council of Maine."
Harold Burnett is owner of Two Trees Forestry, a consulting firm in Winthrop, Maine. Two Trees
Forestry (www.twotreesforestry.com) is a vocal and visible advocate for ethical and environmentally
sustainable forestry that strives to maintain long term working relationships with Maine landowners.
TTF provides forest management planning, timber harvesting, and woodland appraisal services.
However TTF never buys clients' wood — brokering wood while buying it at the same time violates the
Code of Ethics of the Association of Consulting Foresters. In 1997 Two Trees embraced Forest
Stewardship Council certification as a means of holding its management practices against the highest
industry standards. At the time, it was only the third resource manager so designated in the United
States. More recently Two Trees has been advising landowners about carbon projects, with one client
having applied to sell credits through a CCX-licensed aggregator. Harold holds a BS in Forest
Management, Colorado State University and has extensive experience in forestry management with the
Chewonki Foundation and the US Forest Service. Harold is active in a variety of Maine forestry
endeavors including:
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The Chewonki Foundation - member of Board of Advisors
New England Forestry Foundation - member of Board of Advisors, former Trustee
Kennebec Land Trust - member of Board of Advisors
Association of Consulting Foresters – member, former Maine chapter chair
Forest Guild - member
Maine Tree Farm Committee - inspector
Town of Winthrop, Comprehensive Plan Committee – member
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine - member, forest manager of three SWOAM properties
Maine Tree Foundation - former trustee
John Gunn is forest ecologist and Senior Program Leader at the Manomet Center for Conservation
Sciences. John has a B.S. in Wildlife Management from the University of Maine, an M.F.S from the Yale
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of New
Brunswick studying the landscape ecology of forest songbirds. John recently has worked on developing
managed forest carbon offset projects in Maine (family forests) and Minnesota (public lands) and has
developed significant expertise in forest carbon offset markets. At Manomet, John’s current focus is on
developing the tools and knowledge necessary to implement payments for ecosystem services programs
(such as carbon sequestration and water quality) involving forest landowners. Suggested Bibliography &
Resources:
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Climate: A forest resource manager’s guide for the northeastern United States. Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences Report ESRC-2009-1. 16pp. Brunswick, Maine. Available online at:
www.manometmaine.org.
Beane, J.L., J.M. Hagan, A.A. Whitman, and J.S. Gunn. 2008. Forest Carbon Offsets: A Scorecard for
Evaluating Project Quality. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Report MCCS NCI 2008-1,
Brunswick, Maine; available on-line: www.manometmaine.org.
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