VERDE's mission is to protect ancient trees "Green Giants”. They store 68x more carbon and annually sequester the equivalent to what a young tree would in 15years, making them crucial in mitigating climate change but also in biodiversity conservation, they have 8x more microhabitats. As they face rapid decline due to timber exploitation and changes in land use, VERDE implements a Payments for Ecosystem Services(PES) scheme, compensating private landowners for preserving and managing these trees.