COP26.
While carbon markets have been operating since the early 2000s, each forest carbon project has been created independently.
interpreted differently by different projects.
that lays an outline for an international carbon market.
potential.
Historically, small land holders and family forest owners were blocked from enrolling in and financially benefiting from carbon markets.
forests in ways that sequester and store more carbon.
For carbon markets to work, carbon credits must represent real, additional and permanent reductions in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Through the Family Forest Carbon Program, AFF and TNC are innovating to raise the bar on credit integrity.