Biodiversity Conservation

If protecting our planet's most precious biodiversity and natural carbon sinks like tropical rainforests is your ambition, this portfolio is for you.

These projects reduce emissions by avoiding deforestation in areas where forests are under threat. Carbon finance from corporate offsetting funds sustainable community development projects in areas where often the only other source of funding would come from cutting down trees for timber, small holder agriculture expansion, or mining.

An example of one of the projects your purchase will support is Kulera REDD+ and Cookstoves, Malawi registered under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Standards (CCB).

Challenge: Malawi’s tree cover has decreased 13% since 2000 per Global Forest Watch. The project focuses on three parks and wildlife reserves in Malawi that have limited resources for governance and are under increasing pressure from local populations, which have intensified and expanded their deforestation to unsustainable levels.

Solution: Through the combination of forest protection and the distribution of clean cookstoves, this project in Malawi is using carbon finance to deliver significant emission reductions, protecting an important area of biodiversity value, and addressing a common driver of deforestation and indoor air pollution. 

Impact: Sustainable enterprises are based on non-timber forest products such as honey, coffee, and macadamia. Strengthened forest protection is achieved through patrolling, maintenance of forest boundaries, fire prevention, and creation of alternative sources of fuelwood through agroforestry and farm woodlots management.