Stephanie Chizmar

Programs and incentives for climate-smart forestry aim to inform landowners and practitioners of the potential benefits of climate-smart forest management and promote climate-smart practices on the ground. For example, recent initiatives such as the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program and the Inflation Reduction Act have provided funding to support agricultural and forestry practices that help mitigate the impacts of and adapt to climate change. This presentation features a review of programs and incentives for forest landowners and communities to implement climate-smart forestry practices in the U.S.

Speaker Biography

Stephanie Chizmar obtained a B.S. in Environmental Science and a B.A. in Spanish at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington in 2014. She researched the profitability of agroforestry systems for her thesis (M.S. Natural Resources) at North Carolina State University. She subsequently pursued a Ph.D. in Forestry and Environmental Resources with a focus in Extension and a minor in economics at North Carolina State University and defended her dissertation on financial incentives for forest landowners in 2021. As a Research Associate and Postdoctoral Research Scholar she completed research and Extension programming in climate-smart forestry, economic contribution analysis, and carbon markets. In September 2022, she started her career with the US Forest Service, Southern Research Station in Research Triangle Park, NC as a Research Economist. Her research areas include the economics of natural and human-related forest disturbances and forest products markets and trade, while maintaining an emphasis in incentive programs for forest landowners.