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California forest carbon standard goes national

Thursday, September 3, 2009

A new standard for the verification of forest carbon projects has been adopted by the board of the California-based Climate Action Reserve (CAR), extending the applicability of the standard nationally from its original state focus. The Forest Project Protocol offers forest project developers independent verification of carbon sequestration in their projects and covers activities targeting avoided conversion of forest land to other uses, improved forest management and reforestation of previously-cleared land.

MORE: American Forests is coordinating the first public lands reforestation project to seek approval under the protocol.

Issue Topic: 
Climate Change

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