8. Align Carbon Credit Market w/FSCThis is a featured page

Priority votes received by Wingspread participants: 7

How this is important spreading certified Family Forests
: Carbon credits has opportunity to provide a regular income to private family forest owners.

Two-Year Goal:
Widespread use of combined assessment.

Lead individual/organization: Ian Hanna, Northwest Natural Resouce Group

Supporting Partners: (please add name if want to play active role on moving this strategy forward)
  • Southern Forests Network



Strategy addresses what current barriers?
Unrealized carbon markets.
And/or builds on what opportunities? Enabling family forest owners to further profit from FSC certification.

A few example(s) of where model or elements are being practiced well today?
Pacific Forest Trust

Key measures to track (to know a change is an improvement)?
Landowner engagement, carbon sales

To move it quickly forward
(through a test or to spread to other early adopters):

Key Next Steps? Involves Who? Date Complete?
By End of August 2007
  • ·Fundraising

  • ·Northwest Natural Resource Group
  • Smartwood
  • TCNF

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By End of 2007
  • ·Pilot sale


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    By Summer of 2008
    • ·Fully functional program.

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    Additional Action Plan Notes: Explore possibility of adding carbon credit information to Sustainable Woods Network reporting site (as an addition to other forest products from private woodland owners).

    As the pilots develop, explore possibility of Alliance partner (e.g., the Pinchot Institute) writing up various carbon/cert joint assessment pilot experiences/lessons learned for Journal of Forestry or other publication.


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