A Mississippi based company is assisting landowners with selling carbon
sequestration credits. American EnviroTech, LLC is working with landowners
to maximize the financial return to the landowner for their environmental
assets, particularly carbon sequestration credits.



Research has determined that global warming, caused by the greenhouse
effect, is occurring and the man-induced emissions of gases, particularly
carbon dioxide, is a major cause of the increase in global temperatures. An
international treaty called the Kyoto Protocol has been signed by a number
of countries, including the United States, and the pressure is now on to
ratify the requirements of that protocol. Though the US may never ratify
that treaty; US industry is actively involved in voluntary programs,
encouraged by President Bush, to try and meet those requirements. The
standards set by that protocol require a reduction and/or offset in the
emission greenhouse gases. This reduction/offset can be met by changes in
equipment, technology improvements and the sequestration of carbon (i.e.
reforestation.).



Reforestation of former crop land, pasture and other fallow lands is a
direct means of sequestering carbon and provides other benefits to the
landowner and the environment. The reforesting of crop land, pasture and
other fallow lands will not only reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere, but will reduce erosion, improve wildlife habitat and provide
unique income opportunities for the landowner.



Land that was cleared prior to 1990 and then reforested will most likely
qualify for carbon sequestration credits. Both U.S. and international
companies are currently purchasing these credits from landowners and there
is the potential for the landowners to be paid approximately $400.00 per
acre for these credits if the landowner will pledge (through an easement) to
keep the land in forests for 70 years (Timber management is allowed and
actually encouraged, but the land can not be clear-cut for that period).



American EnviroTech is presently signing up landowners who desire to
participate in this carbon credit program. The cost to the landowner is a
total of $ 25.00 per acre; and that includes an assessment of the land,
environmental evaluation, soil testing, carbon biomass accumulation and
projections on future carbon sequestration. A third party, Fields to
Forest, LLC, a Louisiana based company, is in charge of these assessments
and the registry of the credits in an international database.



American EnviroTech and its partners are working with several firms
brokering these credits to buyers, and the sell of these carbon
sequestration credits through these brokerage houses is expected to begin
this summer. Anyone interested in enrolling their land may contact American
EnviroTech at 601-852-4528 and speak with either Thad Miller or Dr. Phil
Combs.