Local, state, and federal governments; businesses; and individuals should identify among their own lands appropriate land restoration projects that could increase carbon sequestration.

Focus agriculture research on renewable energy crop production, recycling of organic wastes, fertilizer use, and nutrient management.

Focus forestry, crop lands, and grazing lands research on carbon sequestration, specifically measurement of carbon storage in forest and other ecosystems, certification and verification of carbon sequestration in forests and soils, monitoring of sequestration projects, and .leakage. issues related to carbon storage in forests. Link research efforts to support ongoing international efforts to manage forests sustainably, including the Montreal Process Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management programs.

Develop eco-efficient ways to capture energy from agricultural byproducts (i.e., crop waste and manure), including methane.

Develop accurate and precise methods to quantify and verify the amount of carbon sequestered in soils and forests as a result of changes in land use. If the potential for carbon sequestration is adequately demonstrated and reliable methods are developed, promote a more comprehensive treatment of land use practices in international agreements which includes appropriate credit for those practices that sequester carbon.