With 20 years’ experience and a global network of project partners, we work with our clients to deliver high quality solutions that ensure immediate, positive impact on the world’s natural capital.
Supporting sustainable livelihoods for forest communities
For forest carbon projects to be successful, local communities must be engaged to decide on the best approaches and highest priorities, leading to the development of alternative livelihoods that are sustainable, economically viable, and help build the capacity of communities. Community development activities focus on:
- Education: To build environmental awareness and empower communities to take an active role in biodiversity conservation and monitoring
- Income diversification: To support the development of community enterprises to reduce dependence on subsistence living
- Food security: To encourage the adoption of new agricultural practices to improve land productivity and diversify food supply
- Energy access: To develop local, sustainable fuel sources and provide access to renewable alternatives
Watch this video to learn how the Madagascar Makira REDD+ project is engaging youths to ensure forests are conserved for the long-term.
Protecting and restoring forests through carbon finance
Carbon finance offers an immediate and cost-effective way for our clients to support projects which conserve and restore forests around the world.
Forest carbon projects align with 14 of the Sustainable Development Goals, including improving food security, supporting income diversification, providing access to education and jobs, building community infrastructure, and enhancing health and well-being.
To meet international carbon standards, projects must provide assurance against typical forestry project risks such as leakage and permanence, and are monitored on an ongoing basis with independent verification of results. This ensures corporates get precise, robust and credible measurement of the impact of the project.
Our forest carbon projects include Reforestation, Improved Forest Management (IFM) and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). EXPLORE PROJECTS.
