Monitoring carbon offset reforestation projects

To date, however, the market for maintaining and improving forests is extremely limited. It consists primarily of two parts: a timber market for industrial usage (paper, construction) and a nascent market in carbon offsets. In the latter, forest owners receive payments with a view towards the carbon captured by their trees. This market has suffered... See more

A trend I saw in 2019 was to implement carbon offset charges, even in small businesses. People started donating based on revenue during a promotion, or planted a tree for every $10 they made. A good initiative!

Veritree is in its early days, but it hopes to become “an operating system for the restoration economy,” in Emsley’s words. An “Initial Tree Offering” was used to raise money for a “First Edition Forest,” which features trees in Madagascar, Indonesia, Nepal, Kenya, Senegal, and Haiti. The appeal for corporations hoping to make good on their net-zer... See more