Proposed projects will either: 1) provide technical assistance and funding to land managers to implement practices that increase soil health, reduce carbon emissions, and promote carbon sequestration and storage during the award period and/or into the future, 2) or implement direct action for the aforementioned practices on land under the auspices of the project. Practices must be conducted on eligible land, meaning land in the State of Hawaiʻi that is privately owned (applicant does not need to own land but must have letter of support from landowner), or public land that is leased (or written provision of support) to a private citizen or organization at the time of initiation of incentive contract. Scope of work activities include: a. Propose direct actions for carbon sequestration activities. OR Recruit and support carbon sequestration activities through incentive contracts that provide compensation for eligible practices by program participants b. Activities to implement eligible practices on eligible land. OR Provide financial incentive payments to owners and lessees of eligible land for eligible practices over a designated period via an incentive contract c. Implement established protocols to monitor and verify compliance with the terms of incentive contracts. d. Monitor and measure for soil and above ground carbon and proposed activities (costs and technical assistance provisions made by DLNR and contracted expert services; please include this activity in your proposal, but do not include the activity in your line-item budget). e. Identify co-benefits that may include: (1) Job creation; (2) Food security and agriculture for local consumption; (3) Water security; (4) Increased biodiversity; (5) Soil health; and (6) Invasive species reduction and removal
