Measurement and Monitoring
We have assisted in the design, training, and management of more than 7 forest carbon inventories ranging from 200 to 600,000 hectares over the past four years. Our current and past engagements include:
Parque Cordillera Azul REDD Project, Peru
Client: CIMA, The Field Museum
Services: Forest inventory design, training, management (as part of project design)
The project involves avoiding deforestation within the Cordillera Azul national park in the north eastern Andes of Peru. As part of the baseline development for the Project Description (PD), TerraCarbon designed and led a forest inventory that covered more than 600,000 hectares. The carbon pools measured included above ground biomass, below ground biomass, and dead wood. TerraCarbon provided training to local consultants and park guards. TerraCarbon prepared all training materials (in Spanish) and conducted field training on measurement protocols over a week-long period.
Valdivian Coastal Reserve IFM and REDD Project, Chile
Client: The Nature Conservancy
Services: Forest inventory design, training, management (as part of project design)
The project is located in the temperate rainforest of southern Chile and involves stopping the planned conversion of native forests to roads and plantation forests. Following the completion of a VCS feasibility study, TerraCarbon designed and led the implementation of a 5,000 hectare forest carbon inventory of the project area, providing training and oversight to field measurement crews in the implementation of the inventory. TerraCarbon is currently developing the Project Description (PD).
Reforestation of the Lower Mississippi Valley, USA
Client: Dynegy, Inc.
Services: Project design and monitoring
The project is located in the Lower Mississippi Valley region of the United States and involves the planting and conversion of 40,000 acres of agriculture lands back to native bottomland forests. TerraCarbon developed the Project Description (PD) and conducted the first monitoring event in 2010 that generated more than 400,000 tradable credits. The project is noteworthy as the first registered VCS forestry project in the United States.
