John's Forest - Third-Party Assessment
We have chosen to underestimate the carbon storage of John's Forests by taking the assessment total and converting only 90 percent of the assessed amount into Carbon Plus Credits. As the graph below shows, John's forest has been assessed by a third party firm to store 1774 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) over the course of its management period. However, we will only be selling 1597 Carbon Plus Credits from John's forest, or 90 percent of the 1774 tonnes it has been assessed to store. This is consistent with many offset standards and regulations and is designed to limit the possibility of selling more Carbon Plus Credits than we actually produce. It is also another way we hope to assure Our Offsetters that we are continually striving to provide a sound way to make a positive impact on our environment. For the full Third-Party CO2eq Assessment for John's Forest click here.
The CO2 Storage Assessment for John's Forest was completed by a third party firm, Woodrising Consulting Inc., which is a Canadian environmental consulting company. Woodrising Consulting Inc. has developed expertise specifically in the areas of carbon sequestration from land use, land-use change and forestry activities, and landfill gas generation and capture. Since 1993, they have worked on projects in Africa (Kenya and Uganda), Latin America (specifically Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru) and Canada.
