Forestry Sector Carbon Offset Services

Forester’s Co-Op has teamed with Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance | Americas Sustainability (LRQA) (formerly Ryerson, Master and Associates, Inc.  (RMA)) to provide specialized technical services for forest carbon projects.  Our combined expertise offers a full suite of services including forestry project development, verification and carbon management for both domestic and international projects. Measuring, reporting and verifying a forest’s capacity to sequester carbon requires specialized technical expertise to ensure the successful implementation of the project.  See the attached brochure.

Our team of experts provides a vast array of quality technical services for forest projects including:

• Project Validation & Verification
• Pre-Verification
• Forest Carbon Inventory Development
• Forestry Project Baseline Comparative Analysis
• Remote Sensing Temporal Monitoring of Forest Change
• GIS Stratification & Mapping
• Forest Growth and Yield Modeling
• NEPA/CEQA Vegetation GHG Analysis

For service proposals please complete our Initial Project Application Form.

Through this partnership Forester’s Co-Op will be providing independent third party verification and project development services for registration of forestry carbon offset projects. Our services are designed to meet the highest level of forest GHG offset protocol rigor for CO2 reductions for the purposes of registering the projects with appropriate registry. We use the most reliable sampling and forest data collection methods available that adhere to The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) General Reporting and Forestry Protocol 3.2 adopted August 31, 2010. For general forest protocol information visit our CAR FAQ.

Applicable projects supported by Forester’s Co-Op:

• Climate Action Reserve (Domestic) protocols supported
  • Reforestation
  • Improved Forest Management
  • Avoided Conversion projects
  • FCO Sample Carbon Inventory Methodology
  • California FIA Baseline map
• International protocol supported
  • VCS – Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Projects
    • Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation
    • Improved Forest Management
    • Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation

To learn more information about our Forestry Carbon Offset Verification and Project Development services, please contact our forestry staff at info@forco-op.com or by calling 530-273-8326. The registration of your forestry projects for GHG offsets will provide you with an additional revenue stream for the continued stewardship of your forest resources.

* AB32 is aimed at reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 – a reduction of about 25 percent, and then an 80 percent reduction below 1990 by 2050. **The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has served in its capacity as administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system for more than 90 years.