FOREST CARBON OFFSETS: A Scorecard for Evaluating Project Quality
Forests worldwide play a vital role in removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Forest offset projects are an appealing and abundant type of offset project, particularly in the voluntary carbon markets, in part because of the many other societal values forests provide, such as clean water and wildlife habitat. However, forest projects present some unique challenges for technical legitimacy, in particular the issues of additionality, permanence, and leakage. This scorecard provides a relatively simple scoring system to evaluate the technical rigor of any forest offset project. It is the first publicly available ranking tool tailored specifically to forest carbon offset projects.
The Manomet Forest Offset Scorecard is intended for project developers, potential offset buyers, and anyone interested in evaluating the technical rigor of a forest offset project.
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