Carbon Offset Development Process
Client Criteria
The key to successful project outcome is having clarity from the start. We begin by defining the scope of work including all parties involved, site specific needs, outcomes, and establishing a clear pathway forward.
Site Criteria
Project feasibility the first major step in assessing a potential carbon project. The first action step is to identify potential sites and complete a feasibility study to determine site specific potential and estimated costs.
Plan Design Development
Feasibility data from the site, an assessment of the drivers of deforestation along with information provided by the community are developed into a site specific plan and submitted to a Standards organization for validation as a Carbon Project.
Project Implementation
Once a plan is validated by the Standard it becomes a project ready for implementation. This begins with establishing leadership, infrastructure, and monitoring systems needed for the restoration work through planting.
Project Verification
When restoration has reached its first completion milestone, the project is audited by a third party according to the Standards methodology. This verification process provides the first of several progressive credit issuances from the project.
Project Preservation
Ensuring long term sustainability of restored landscapes is essential for our projects. During the restoration process and following its completion, the forest/landscape must be protected and preserved over the subsequent decades to ensure it continues to provide a lifetime of sequestration.