Carbon Offset Projects
GlobalForce partners with Carbon FriendlyTM to promote the planting of trees in different places around the world that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and help fight global warming.
These projects help with both reforestation and afforestation - that is, planting a new forest where there wasn't one before. Trees sequester, or store, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in wood and soil. Like a sponge is to water, a tree is to carbon dioxide. Lots of trees in the form of forests, therefore, help remove large quantities of the greenhouse gas that's causing global warming.
In addition to sequestering carbon, trees provide us with clean air for us to breathe. The leaves of trees act like natural filters, absorbing air pollutants such as carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide. They also act as natural air conditioners, moderating our climate. In addition, trees conserve water - protecting us from storm runoff and the possibility of flooding - and harbor wildlife by attracting birds and other woodland animals.
All the forestation projects supported by GlobalForce and Carbon FriendlyTM are verified to meet the highest level of industry standards. Its methodologies, calculations and processes have been validated by reputable third parties such as Kashue, Poland; the "National Administration of the Emission Trading Scheme"; and TUV Rheinland.
Projects Supported by GlobalForce® and Carbon FriendlyTM:
Kapuskasing Project, Canada
CFS and its partner, Trees for Clean Air, planted 92,000 jack pine seedlings in a 40-hectare area of the project site. The project design uses an adaptive management approach that will treat the remaining five hectares of the project site as an experimental plot to be planted with 7,240 fast-growing willows. Carbon Friendly's Northern Ontario Project will benefit the community, climate and biodiversity in the project zone in the following ways:
- Community - The project will continue to provide economic, educational and social benefits to the town of Kapuskasing and surrounding communities through employment, as well as through learning opportunities for both adults and children, throughout the duration of the project.
- Climate - The project will sequester 18,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by the time it's completed.
- Biodiversity - The project is expected to enhance native biodiversity by returning fallow agricultural land to boreal forest that can sustain a greater number of wildlife species. The pilot project will also enhance forest habitat connectivity and provide forest-associated plants and animals with more space in which to live and roam.
This project is currently being validated to the CCB Standard by Rainforest Alliance.
Jankowice Project, Poland
This 50.74-hectare reforestation project, located in the province of Warmia-Mazury in Poland, will add more than 250,000 trees able to sequester over 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The new forest will also create important wildlife habitat for native species.
*The methodologies for quantifying documenting and reporting of carbon dioxide removals from the above projects are verified by TUV Rheinland Poland to the ISO-14064-2 standard.
We Plant Trees
Planting trees and creating new forests helps remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but there are many other benefits as well.
Benefits of Trees
- Trees remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
- Trees act as a natural air filter, removing pollutants such as deadly carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide.
- Trees are natural air conditioners. Trees not only provide cooling shade, but reduce the urban “heat island” effect by absorbing sunlight that would otherwise heat up asphalt and concrete. In fact, studies have found that one well-planted, healthy tree can provide a level of cooling equal to 10 room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day.
- Trees absorb water, which protects us from stormwater runoff and flooding.
- Forests provide shelter and natural habitat for wildlife. Protecting biodiversity benefits everyone, and keeps the world a more pleasant place to live in.