Family Forest Blog
December 20, 2023
The Voluntary Carbon Market Is Here to Stay – Now Let’s Make It Work for Rural America
If there’s one thing to take away from COP28, it’s that nature is undoubtedly an indispensable element to avoiding climate catastrophe.
December 20, 2023
The Voluntary Carbon Market is Reawakening – Let’s Make 2024 A Year of Action
This year, AFF attended its second Conference of Parties, COP28, held in Dubai. COP28 define the voluntary carbon market’s role in the global struggle against climate change.
December 1, 2023
Your Carbon Cheat Sheet: Measuring Carbon
To fully understand the impact of carbon projects, it’s important to understand all the practices which support the generation of high-quality credits within the market.
November 3, 2023
FEATURE: Could Dynamic Baselines Help Alleviate Over-Crediting Concerns?
The voluntary carbon market has been the focus of a number of critical reports recently, questioning the integrity of credits. Dynamic baselines are an answer to the criticism.
October 23, 2023
How USDA’s New Report on Carbon Markets is a Gamechanger for Rural America
AFF explains how a new USDA report shines a light on the importance of empowering family forest owners to create meaningful conservation impact through the voluntary carbon market.
October 17, 2023
Our Methodology in Action
Forests and their stewards, particularly family forest owners, are a crucial piece to solving the climate crisis puzzle; the Family Forest Carbon Program can help.
October 13, 2023
Climate-Smart Commodities in Forests
Climate smart commodities are any agricultural commodity that's produced using agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or capture and store carbon.
October 10, 2023
Tackling Climate Finance at New York Climate Week
AFF teamed up with 1t.org US Chapter and the Doris Duke Foundation to convene leaders in the natural climate solutions space to discuss new approaches to financing carbon projects.
September 14, 2023
Connecting the Dots: Climate Week and Family Forest Owners
AFF staffers hit the pavement of Manhattan to attend the annual NY Climate Week; we carry the concerns of family forest owners on the ground, fighting climate change across the nation.
September 13, 2023
A Fresh Approach to Climate Action: Insights from Our Latest White Paper
Discover the key insights from our latest white paper, Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change.
August 15, 2023
Advocating for Family Forest Owners in 2023
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) hosted its first in-person legislative fly-in since 2019. Landowners came to Washington, D.C. to meet with Congressional lawmakers.
August 8, 2023
Your Carbon Cheat Sheet: The Fundamentals
Forestry, Climate Change, Natural Climate Solutions, and the Voluntary Carbon Market is an evolving world with new best practices, scientific findings, and innovations.
July 28, 2023
Carbon + Biodiversity – A New Opportunity for the Market
Forest carbon has increasingly become a vital piece of the climate mitigation puzzle and one vital co-benefit of forest carbon projects is biodiversity.
July 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: ICVCM’s Core Carbon Principles for the VCM
AFF’s Manager of Environmental Markets Calvin Tran breaks down the ICVCM's Category-level Assessment Framework as part of their Core Carbon Principles.
July 7, 2023
The VCMI Claims Code and What It Means for Family Forests
Late last month, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) launched their Claims Code of Practice, which aims to heighten integrity of the carbon credits sold on the voluntary carbon market. The Claims Code provides companies with a rulebook on how and when to utilize carbon credits and the claims they can make following their use.