Conserve and/or restore 170 hectares of forest habitat working with producer farms.
In partnership with: Producers and producer organizations
Update
June 2021
170 ha of forest habitat was conserved and/or allowed to regenerate during the 2019/2020 harvest. A corresponding sale of carbon offsets of 6754 MTCO2 were traded to buyers in Canada and Europe.
September 2020
20 initial Integrated Open Canopy[tm] farms with 170 hectares for forest habitat conserved or in restoration for 2019.
February 2020
Initial 20 farms adopting land-sparing approach. Farms mapped and measured for carbon sequestration; farms studied for biodiversity benefit: birds & mammals; farms studied for impact on water quality; study area mapped and overlaid with micro-watersheds and land cover.