{"id":811,"date":"2020-04-13T11:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saskagroforest.madlabsk.ca\/index.php\/home-7\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T02:41:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T02:41:49","slug":"home-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/home-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Estimator"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"811\" class=\"elementor elementor-811\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5939a86c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5939a86c\" 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-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f6a47a9\" data-id=\"6f6a47a9\" 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-ffa1734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffa1734\" 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\">Saskatchewan Shelterbelt Carbon Tool\n\u200b\n(SK Belt-CaT)<\/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-c7d1eaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7d1eaf\" 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class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1466\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/554817437_orig-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/554817437_orig-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/554817437_orig-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/554817437_orig-1200x642.png 1200w, https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/554817437_orig.png 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Belt-CaT Web Application<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b207f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57b207f\" 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<ul><li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Provided below is an example of the Belt-CaT tool, which you can\u00a0<strong>use to practice<\/strong>\u00a0estimating shelterbelt\u00a0carbon stocks, without going through the steps of mapping the exact shelterbelt location.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To produce\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">reliable<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> accurate<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> carbon<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> estimations<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0for your shelterbelt, please use the\u00a0web application\u00a0for the Belt-CaT tool by clicking on the above image, or by clicking\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Styler\/index.html?appid=e6edb81f11864e7b9ffd0158cf6f2bb1\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>The Saskatchewan Shelterbelt Carbon Tool (SK Belt-CaT) is designed to estimate carbon stocks for existing shelterbelts, as well as to project carbon stocks for future shelterbelts. The carbon stocks are estimated for four carbon pools &#8211;\u00a0 TEC (total), AbG (above-ground biomass), BwG (below-ground biomass), and DOM (dead organic matter: e.g., soil carbon), as shown in the Table and Chart outputs of the Belt-CaT tool.<\/p><p>The Belt-CaT tool also allows you to estimate the total CO2-equivalent within the shelterbelt and the monetary value (based on current or projected market price; the default is $15 CAD$ per tonne of CO2-eq. ) of the total carbon stocks for the shelterbelt, at any four points in time (you can enter any past or future shelterbelt age, 1-60 years).\u00a0<\/p><p>The tool is designed to provide accurate estimates for six common shelterbelt species:<\/p><ul><li>caragana (CG)<\/li><li>green ash (GA)<\/li><li>hybrid poplar (HP)<\/li><li>Manitoba maple (MM)<\/li><li>Scots pine (SP)<\/li><li>white spruce(WS)<\/li><li><u><strong>And,<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0it can also be used for any other deciduous (average for GA and MM) or coniferous\u00a0(average for SP and WS)\u00a0species<\/li><\/ul><p>There are several important pieces of information that are required in order to use the Belt-CaT tool, including: shelterbelt age (if known), average tree circumference (measured at breast height, approximately at 1.4 m above ground level), spacing (distance between trees within a row), tree mortality, number of tree rows, and shelterbelt length,\u00a0which can easily and quickly be measured in the field.\u00a0More detailed instructions are available\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saskagroforestry.weebly.com\/DSShowto.html#Instructions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\"><strong>Data needing to be added<\/strong><\/span><\/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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saskatchewan Shelterbelt Carbon Tool \u200b (SK Belt-CaT) Belt-CaT Web Application Provided below is an example of the Belt-CaT tool, which you can&nbsp;use to practice&nbsp;estimating shelterbelt&nbsp;carbon stocks, without going through the steps of mapping the exact shelterbelt location. To produce&nbsp;reliable and accurate carbon estimations&nbsp;for your shelterbelt, please use the&nbsp;web application&nbsp;for the Belt-CaT tool by clicking on [&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-811","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811","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=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2843,"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811\/revisions\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskagroforestry.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}