{"id":522,"date":"2020-04-13T11:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T11:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saskagroforest.madlabsk.ca\/index.php\/about-3\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T03:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T03:08:12","slug":"about-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/about-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelterbelt Carbon Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"522\" class=\"elementor elementor-522\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1053ca7a\" data-id=\"1053ca7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d99e122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d99e122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Shelterbelts - just rows of trees?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74f6d04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74f6d04\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b31dded\" data-id=\"b31dded\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e91ecb elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"7e91ecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img-0594-web_orig-1-1-1-1-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"20-year-old hybrid poplar shelterbelt\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">20-year-old hybrid poplar shelterbelt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ga-img-0503-web_orig-1-1-1-1-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"8-year-old green ash shelterbelt\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">8-year-old green ash shelterbelt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mm-img-1412-web_orig-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"20-year-old Manitoba maple shelterbelt\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">20-year-old Manitoba maple shelterbelt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ws-img-0101-web_orig-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"32-year-old white spruce shelterbelt\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">32-year-old white spruce shelterbelt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sp-img-1451-web_orig-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"60-year-old Scots pine shelterbelt\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">60-year-old Scots pine shelterbelt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cg-img-2992-web_orig-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"21-year-old caragana shelterbelt\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">21-year-old caragana shelterbelt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40177ae0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40177ae0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2828f573\" data-id=\"2828f573\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68afc23b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68afc23b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shelterbelts are so much more than just rows of trees<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48096891\" data-id=\"48096891\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56ab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56ab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shelterbelts have been planted in Saskatchewan for more than a century, since 1901, under the provisions of the Government of Canada\u2019s Prairie Shelterbelt Program (PSP). Shelterbelts provide:\u00a0<\/p><ol><li>a means to protect farmyard infrastructure<\/li><li>reduce soil erosion through tree planting<\/li><li>serve as wildlife habitat<\/li><li>improve biodiversity and water quality<\/li><li>capture and store atmospheric carbon as a direct result of the growth of shelterbelt trees, and<\/li><li>present an additional opportunity for climate change mitigation<\/li><\/ol><p>In 2003, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a document entitled \u201c<em>Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry<\/em>\u201d, which details the estimating, measuring, monitoring and reporting of carbon pool changes and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions under various categories such as cropland, grasslands and forestland. Agroforestry systems, such as shelterbelts, represent a combination of these categories.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d954d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d954d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42a96e8\" data-id=\"42a96e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fdcc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28fdcc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shelterbelt carbon legacy <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-985449e\" data-id=\"985449e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3548b6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3548b6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"paragraph\">The cumulative total length of six common shelterbelt species in the 2011-2016 study (50,439 km) represented 83% of the total shelterbelt inventory in Saskatchewan (60,194 km). The length of planted shelterbelts in the Province is &gt;3 round-trips from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Paris, France. The century-long shelterbelt legacy of the Prairie Shelterbelt Program is deeply rooted in the lives of the farmers, thus directly benefiting Saskatchewan\u2019s agricultural land, as well as indirectly benefiting the local and global climate. Planting shelterbelt trees and shrubs on agricultural landscapes is an important strategy for mitigating greenhouse gases (GHGs), with 10.8 Tg C (1 Tg C = 1 million Mg C = 1 million metric tons of carbon)\u00a0that are already sequestered in the soil and tree biomass of shelterbelts. The climate mitigation potential of the six shelterbelt species, ranging from 1.78-6.54 Mg C \/km\/year, emphasized the important role that trees can have on the agricultural landscape to mitigate GHGs.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-566fe82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"566fe82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0760ee0\" data-id=\"0760ee0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d437e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d437e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A recent summary of the 2011-2016 project was presented\nat the 15th North American Agroforestry Conference:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b60a7b5\" data-id=\"b60a7b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-804489d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"804489d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1JMJCtlRUhNAHvtOnAzUDEEzL3g38GtE4\/view\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-readme\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here to read<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shelterbelts &#8211; just rows of trees? 20-year-old hybrid poplar shelterbelt 8-year-old green ash shelterbelt 20-year-old Manitoba maple shelterbelt 32-year-old white spruce shelterbelt 60-year-old Scots pine shelterbelt 21-year-old caragana shelterbelt Previous Next Shelterbelts are so much more than just rows of trees Shelterbelts have been planted in Saskatchewan for more than a century, since 1901, under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/522\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}