Overview

  • Restoring a once thriving floodplain forest in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and riparian forests in Virginia from what is now degraded agricultural land.
  • The largest verified reforestation carbon credit program in the United States (and one of the largest in the world) that uses programmatic aggregation for increased durability.
  • Small and medium sized landowners trust their land to this project because of its long standing reputation and its proven economic benefits.

Type: Reforestation/Afforestation, Carbon Removal
Partner: GreenTrees
Region/Country: United States
Standard: American Carbon Registry

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130,000+
acres of land replanted and managed through partnerships with over 600 private landowners
60+ million
trees planted, 10+ million through the Arbor Day Foundation
6+ million
metric tons of carbon credits issued by the American Carbon Registry via 12 successful ex-post verifications

Climate

With a goal of reforesting 1 million acres and over 20 years of on-the-ground experience, this project is sequestering reliable, world class carbon credits at an incredible scale.
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Community

In one of the poorest areas in the country (6 of the 10 poorest counties in the U.S. are in this region), this project is providing long term financial incentives to more than 600 landowners. Additionally, over 39 jobs are created across 20+ industries for every one million dollars invested in reforestation.
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Biodiversity

Restoring degraded lands establishes quality wildlife habitats for both game and non-game species. Calculated tree planting ensures that multiple species of trees can be planted with maximized biodiversity rather than a single homogeneous tree type.

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