Forest Carbon Credits

First time ever! MACED retires carbon offsets; landowners get paid.

managed forest carbon offsets

Appalachian Carbon Partnership launched. Ready to serve forest landowners.

MACED’s Forest Opportunities Initiative works to learn and demonstrate how carbon trading and other ecosystem markets can benefit forest landowners and the land for the long term good of all, while mitigating the effects of climate change.

Managed forest carbon offsets can provide income to forest landowners who meet enrollment requirements. These offsets have real market value as individuals, businesses, and organizations seek to reduce their carbon footprint.

If you are a forest landowner and would like more information about how sustainable forest management can generate additional income through managed forest carbon offsets, click here to visit the Appalachian Carbon Partnership website.

If you are interested in lowering your carbon footprint while supporting sustainable forest management click here.

how managed forest carbon offsets work

Forests efficiently reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere when they grow. Growing trees take in carbon dioxide, which is one part carbon and two parts oxygen. They use the carbon to build new wood and release the oxygen back into the air.

Through the managed forest carbon offsets market, landowners are paid for the amount of carbon dioxide that is removed from the atmosphere by their forests and stored as a building block of new wood. One carbon offset is equal to one metric ton of carbon dioxide, or its equivalent for another greenhouse gas such as methane, sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide. Greenhouse gasses trap heat from the sun. This is the main cause of climate change.

The service that trees provide to remove carbon dioxide from the air has gained more attention as climate change has become a global threat. Forests that are well managed can take in additional carbon dioxide and keep the carbon locked in their wood for long periods of time.

To be eligible for this market, the carbon offsets must be the result of certified sustainable forest management. This means that forest landowners must provide documentation to prove that the offsets are real and result from certified sustainable management of existing forests.

If you are interested in lowering your carbon footprint while supporting sustainable forest management click here.