Project 1 Overview
Nature-based solution
The first project for NZ Forest Restoration is a nature-based solution designed and developed for the New Zealand environment.
The project takes existing exotic plantation forests – previously destined for clearcut logging – and manages them over time to become permanent, biodiversity-rich, indigenous forests.
100% of the project’s units are generated from carbon removed from the atmosphere.
The first of its kind in New Zealand to achieve the Verra Verified Carbon Standard. Designed to be consistent with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles
Be Zero rating – highest in the world
40.9006° S / 174.8860° E
New Zealand / South Pacific Ocean
How it Works
Each forest is carefully managed, using a comprehensive, long-term plan designed for its specific environment.
Faster, more effective
Managed restoration enables the permanent exotic forest to store carbon more rapidly and effectively over 50+ years.
- Regularly verified by ground truthing
- Audited to international standards
- Establishing the right conditions for biodiverse, indigenous forest restoration
- Continuing to sequester carbon over the long term.
Careful, conservative approach
The project takes a well-researched, measured approach:
- Traditional New Zealand plantation forestry project baseline
- Consistent with New Zealand’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) framework
- No voluntary units earned until carbon storage exceeds the average carbon stock of the clearcut rotational harvest baseline
- Removal units reflect the annual increase in carbon storage
- No claim of any historical reduced carbon emissions.
Through the Trees - Active and Adaptive Management for Forest Restoration
Bryan McKinlay, Chief Forestry Advisor, New Zealand Carbon Farming (tailored project management for NZ Forest Restoration)