Reforestation
Rivas, Nicaragua Owner/Developer: Paso Pacifico Certification: Climate Community & Biodiversity Alliance** Tropical dry forests are one of the planet’s most threatened ecosystems. In Partnership with Carbonfund.org, Paso Pasifico is engaging private reserve owners and small-scale farmers in restoring abandoned pastures to native forest that will offset 150,000 tons of carbon dioxide. The newly restored areas will also form habitat corridors for wildlife, while providing jobs and eco-tourism opportunities for the local population.
Tensas River Valley, Louisiana Owner/Developer: Trust for Public Land/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Certification: Environmental Resources Trust* Besides sequestering carbon dioxide, this 1,100-acre project will help restore native bottomland hardwood species to Louisiana and protect over 400 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish. The nearby Tensas River Refuge consists of nearly 70,000 acres of bottomland hardwoods and oxbow lakes. The reforestation project will help restore watersheds and habitats including those of the Louisiana Black Bear. This type of habitat once covered 25 million acres of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley.
*The Environmental Resouces Trust has been selected to certify this project **This project is designed to meet the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Gold Standard and is currently undergoing verification by Rainforest Alliance/SmartWood™.
Carbonfund.org supports reforestation projects in the U.S. and around the world that “sequester,” or remove, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Worldwide deforestation is a major contributor to global warming. Reforestation projects capture CO2 and store it in the trees’ mass and in the soil. Reforestation projects play a vital role in absorbing emissions and providing time to transition to a new energy future.
All our projects meet or will meet the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA); Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS); Environmental Resources Trust (ERT); or United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Joint Implementation (JI) standards.
Below are some of the reforestation projects Carbonfund.org is supporting:
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