Globally there is a 3:1 ratio of demand vs supply for accredited biodiversity credits, yet they sell for 1/10th of the price on the voluntary market. Unless this price disparity is fixed, in a market projected to reach USD $50 billion by 2030, planting will favour less effective tree species and cause devastating impacts on biodiversity and the social structure of rural communities.

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Beyond Carbon. Not all forests are created equal

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Our mission is to bring biodiverse forests in-line as sustainable carbon-sequestering businesses, with equal access to carbon pricing investment, tax return, and international value. We have three inter-dependent areas of activities to achieve this. We are raising awareness around the greater effectiveness of biodiverse forestry, evolving more nuanced carbon measurement and pricing tools, and are expanding our collaborations – to ensure a practical approach to driving innovation in today's carbon credit accounting and recognition practices.

Evolving the Carbon Markets

The Carbon Markets are the economics of limiting carbon pollution by putting the value of nature’s benefits onto the balance sheets, in order to harness emerging environmental markets. The global landscape for carbon markets has developed rapidly, leading to a patchwork of compliance and voluntary regulations and standards.

Enabling Viable Sequestration Businesses

Forestry, along with soil carbonisation and wetlands sequestration are at the forefront of businesses removing CO₂ from the air to negate the amount of greenhouse gasses produced by human activity. Current definitions of ‘forest’ sees pine and monocultures dominating plantation schemes, with unintended consequences. A more effective, biodiverse and longer-term solution needs to be recognised as a business model.

To mitigate the problems of monoculture it is necessary to increase biodiversity in the carbon sequestration system. That requires a measurement system which includes the value of old growth and biodiverse farmland, and can be used globally in estimating the worth for carbon pricing. Our Bio Value Index delivers adjustability for different biomes, certification of native species, and a comparable assessment of financial viability.

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The cycles that sustain life are greater than just carbon. We need the functioning complexity of ecosystems.

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Valuing Bio-diversity in Carbon Forests on the way to a net-zero economy