Project Design and Development
We have worked with buyers to successfully evaluate, design and develop forest and land based carbon projects under the CDM, VCS, ACR, and CCBA standards. Our current and past engagements include:
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 30,000 acres of agricultural 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.
CIKEL Avoiding Planned and Unplanned Deforestation Projects, Brazil
Client: 33 Forest Capital
Services: Project design and monitoring
The CIKEL REDD projects are located in the state of Para in Brazil and involve the protection of more than 25,000 hectares of tropical forests from planned and unplanned conversion to agricultural use. TerraCarbon is working with 33 Forest Capital to prepare the project design documentation for both the avoiding planned deforestation (APD) project and the avoiding unplanned deforestation and degradation (AUDD) project. TerraCarbon’s work includes design and oversight of the forest carbon inventory and baseline modeling including all related spatial analysis. The APD project was registered in May 2012. The AUDD project is currently in validation.
REDD Methodology Modules
Client: Avoided Deforestation Partners
Services: Methodology Development
The REDD Methodology Modules is a comprehensive and widely applicable methodology for developing planned and unplanned REDD projects under the Verified Carbon Standard. With the support of Avoided Deforestation Partners, TerraCarbon and a group of technical experts developed the original methodology that was approved in 2010; TerraCarbon also developed a revision to this methodology in 2011 for The Field Museum that expands the approaches available for projecting baseline rates of deforestation.
