Patent ID: 7457758

Claim:
A computer-based method of generating standardized carbon emission reduction credits for sequestration of carbon compounds, comprising: receiving with a computer system data specific to a first parcel of land and relevant to carbon sequestration; retrieving with the computer system data general to the geographic region encompassing the first parcel of land and relevant to carbon sequestration; processing the data specific to the first parcel of land and the data general to the geographic region encompassing the first parcel of land with a carbon sequestration model running on the computer system to determine a change of the level of carbon compounds stored in the soil of the first parcel of land over a first specified time period; conducting with the computer system an uncertainty analysis on the determined change of the level of carbon compounds stored in the soil in the first parcel of land over the first specified time period, wherein the uncertainty analysis produces an uncertainty data based at least in part on the data specific to the first parcel of land; identifying with the computer system a total number of carbon emission reduction credits for the first parcel of land comprising a first quantity of standardized carbon emission reduction credits and a first quantity of reserve carbon emission reduction credits, wherein the first quantity of reserve carbon emission reduction credits is a fraction of the total number that is designated as unavailable for trade with the fraction being selected based on the uncertainty data determined by the uncertainty analysis; and outputting a report including the first quantity of standardized carbon emission reduction credits and the first quantity of reserve carbon emission reduction credits.