Land Trusts
Land trusts play an important role in the forest carbon market. Working forests owned fee simple by land trusts generally qualify to receive carbon offsets because of the management practices adopted. A new revenue stream from carbon offsets supports sustainable management practices and can provide the opportunity to fund the acquisition of new land and conservation easements. In addition, land trusts are able to serve as conduits to introduce local landowners to the benefits of carbon markets. In doing so, local landowners practicing sustainable forest management are able to receive additional revenue streams while keeping forests as forests.
How it works
Finite Carbon works with land trusts to identify opportunities to generate carbon revenue from fee-simple-owned forests, as well as from forests owned by landowners with which they have relationships—to determine if their properties qualify to receive carbon offsets, the number of offsets they can expect to receive each year, and the current market value of their offset streams. If a project is deemed to be financially feasible, Finite Carbon covers all the costs to have a project developed and approved and, in conjunction with the landowner, determines when and how to sell offsets.
What Finite Carbon Does for You
Finite Carbon is responsible for each step in the process that leads to carbon revenues. Using our in-house industry experts, we perform the following steps:
- Complete a carbon inventory of the forest
- Select appropriate registry/protocol (e.g., CAR or ACR)
- Translate inventory into carbon model and management plan
- Prepare and submit project plan to chosen carbon registry
- Hire third-party project verifier once plan is accepted and registered
- Submit project verification to registry and receive allocation of carbon offsets
- Market & sell carbon offsets in our proprietary network or engage top brokers to broaden sales process
Get Started
For more information, please contact Sean Carney at scarney@finitecarbon.com.
Finite Carbon Corporation
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Wayne, PA 19087
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