Customized Restoration

The Carbon Fund's (TCF) focus on reforestation and preservation will have a positive impact in reducing greenhouse gasses (GHG). But TCF's Carbon Sequestration Management Plan (CSMP) takes this effort another step by assuring that the reforestation occurs in a biodiverse fashion. By planting a variety of tree species rather than a monoculture, TCF will be promoting the restoration of a naturally functioning forest ecosystem that will have benefits beyond carbon sequestration. Biodiversity will promote such public benefits as improved water quality, reduced soil erosion, fish and wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation. These improved environmental assets will be quantifiable and may be marketable, thus providing economic incentives to continue environmental enhancement. Each project is designed to restore fully functioning ecosystems.

The project life of the forest established will be either 55, 70 or 99 years. Landowners will enter into an Environmental Assets Easement with TCF to reflect that period. Once these forests have been established, the stands will be managed on a sustained yield basis with removals aimed at high value, durable products such as hardwood flooring, furniture, cabinets, etc. The carbon sequestered in these products will extend the capture period several decades after harvest and thereby meet any long-term permanence standards.

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