Nature-based solutions for the climate and the community
NZ’s first Verra-accredited project
Verra accredited – first NZ-based IFM project to meet Verra standard, consistent with CCP.
What our partners say
“We are very proud of the innovative project developed with NZ Forest Restoration”
OUR PROJECT PARTNERS
We are facing a global climate crisis – demanding effective, timely and lasting action for our people, for the planet, and for the future.
Now, more than ever, businesses, organisations and communities are committed to making a real and measurable difference. to reduce climate impacts while enhancing and sustaining local environments.
At the forefront of this global movement, NZ Forest Restoration is focused on targeted, transparent and verified nature-based solutions.
- Generating genuine carbon removals
- Designed to the highest international standards
- Developed in concert with leading local scientists, experts and communities
- A permanent and large-scale response to the immediate needs of the climate crisis
- Delivering transformational value to local communities – creating jobs and stimulating climate investment
- Supporting increased biodiversity, improvements in soil and water quality, and promoting climate resilience.
Project standards
Our projects are developed to the highest international standards.
NZ Forest Restoration’s projects are designed to be Verra Certified and consistent with ICVCM Core Carbon Principles. Read more about our standards.
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How we work
We’re working in harmony with nature to address the climate emergency and deliver real, measurable results.
Find out more about our science-led approach to forest restoration and biodiversity enhancement, and our approach to delivering success at scale on the ground.
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Using the value from carbon removals to regenerate New Zealand’s biodiverse, native environments. Join an expert partner committed to the long-term future of the project, their community, and the planet.
Pest Animals removed from Project Area to date
Total Project Area
(2,543.72 ha)
Project Area in Indigenous Forest
(2,064.13 ha)
Project Area in Exotic Forest
Project Area planted in riparian zones – Waterways Protected.
47% of Project Area planted in high erosion prone soils.
(Permanent forests help prevent soil erosion)
We're restoring New Zealand's biodiverse native environments
Our Approach
40.9006° S / 174.8860° E
New Zealand / South Pacific Ocean
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Step inside our forests
Here is our plot programme at Otunui forest – one of the first forests in the NZ Forest Restoration programme.
Projects
Shaping tomorrow's forests
NZ Forest Restoration is working with a range of leading experts to introduce an exciting range of nature-based solutions.
Each project is unique:
- protecting existing forests
- restoring forests to biodiverse native environments
- establishing new forests which will ultimately become native
- rapidly and efficiently storing carbon
- working with local indigenous people to protect forest estates and provide new sources of revenue and employment.
Every project is built on the same values – providing high-quality, transparent, verified and genuine nature-based carbon removals.
Project One
Nature-based solution
Managing exotic plantation forests – destined for logging – to restore them as permanent, biodiversity-rich, indigenous forests.