Improved Forest Management methodologies are the best fit for the majority of forestlands in both compliance and voluntary markets. In an IFM project, a landowner is issued offsets for committing to preserve the carbon stored in the forest that results from the difference between a sustainable forest management or conservation regime and common practice forest management that involves more intensive harvesting. IFM projects on working forestlands reward current and ongoing maintenance of carbon stocks above the baseline scenario. With the introduction of the IFM project on the Newaygo property the harvest levels will be reduced to 1/3 of the planned harvest levels in the 2019 management plan.

We committed to reporting and verifying carbon stocks for 40 years with an ACR voluntary project. ACR’s dynamic baselining framework requires periodic updates based on observed changes in forest growth conditions, updated management constraints, harvest economics and regeneration rate. The baseline is not set once – it is continuously validated and revised before credits are issued, ensuring that the project is compared against the most current and accurate counterfactual scenario. This ensures the quality of our project and guarantees sustainable results for future Carbon storage on the property.

In contrast to most national and international institutional investors, the shareholders of the Newaygo properties focus on very long-term goals across generations. The capital invested in the purchase of the land is for the benefit of the following generations.

Due to climate change, the boreal forest in Canada is increasingly exposed to dangers. In Canada, too, more frequent and extreme wildfires are the new reality. Recent research shows ways in which reduced forestry activities not only reduce these hazards. In addition, we gain a higher binding of CO2, improved soil quality, positive effects on wildlife habitat. The current management convinced the investors that the project will not only benefit the global CO2 balance resulting from the implementation of such a project. It will also lead to a healthier forest for the future.

The long-term commitment made to ACR with this project ensures that this philosophy must also be continued by the next owner generation and any future management of the Project Proponent. Surpluses from the carbon certificate proceeds give investors financial leeway to manage the forest plots sustainably without timber revenues and the resources to acquire further available land to increase the impact.

We are proud to partnering with ANEW Climate Solution, the leading North American Climate Solutions company under the regime of American Carbon Registry.