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Advertisement Detail Grant Opportunities Florida Sequestering Carbon and Protecting Florida Land Program Advertisement Number: 21-22 FFS TREE PLANTING PROGRA Version Number: 000 Advertisement Begin Date/Time: 09/03/2021 - 05:00 P.M. Advertisement End Date/Time: 10/08/2021 - 05:00 P.M. Mod: 09-03-2021 10:13:49 Last Edit: Friday, September 3, 2021 at 10:26:49 A.M.
The primary objective of the Sequestering Carbon and Protecting Florida Land Program is to invest in carbon sequestration by offering qualified applicants incentive payments for conducting certain approved forest management practices that establish new forest stands, increasing the state’s forest acreage, thus increasing the amount of offset CO2 emissions. The program will seek to increase CO2 storage by an estimated 69,000 tons of CO2 over the current anticipated 5-year life of the program, the equivalent of removing approximately 3,000 passenger vehicles from the road every year (based on U.S. EPA carbon dioxide emission equivalency calculations). The program will also seek to maximize climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration while providing intangible social, cultural, civic, and workforce benefits. The program’s public outreach will seek to engage agricultural, silvicultural, and environmental stakeholders, as well local governments and non-profit and community organizations, including those serving disadvantaged and underserved communities. Potential applicants are encouraged in application proposals to consider geographic diversity, species diversity, urban forestry, soil fertility, wildfire and pest resistance, carbon stability, natural regeneration potential, and long-term carbon sequestration potential. THIS GRANT PROGRAM IS GOVERNED BY SECTION 589.277, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 5, LINE 1402 OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT (2021). GRANT AWARDS HEREUNDER ARE NOT PURCHASES OF SERVICES OR COMMODITIES GOVERNED BY CHAPTER 287, FLORIDA STATUTES. GRANT AWARDS, IF ANY, WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE. GRANT AWARDS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES 5I-5.003 AND 5I-5.007, F.A.C. THE DEPARTMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO OFFER GRANT AWARDS FOR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT REQUESTED BY APPLICANTS AS IT DEEMS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE DEPARTMENT. THE RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTCE DOES NOT IMPLY OR GUARANTEE THAT ANY ONE OR ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE AWARDED A GRANT. THIS REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS, NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY IS NOT SUBJECT TO SECTION 120.57(3) FLORIDA STATUTES.
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