American Forest Foundation

October 29, 2024

Branching Across the Aisle: How Building a Voluntary Carbon Market Benefits Rural Communities & The Planet

With the presidential election right around the corner, our television screens and social media feeds are filled with divisive messages and rhetoric. However, in a time where finding common ground seems nearly impossible, there is at least one thing that Americans on both sides of the aisle support: our forests.

October 22, 2024

100k Acres, Thanks To You

And Our Learning Journey Continues

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October 15, 2024

American Forest Foundation to Launch First U.S. Nature-Based Carbon Credit Auction in Early 2025

The American Forest Foundation Carbon Auction — the first of its kind for a U.S. nature-based carbon project — will offer buyers a transparent and streamlined way to secure high-quality carbon credits while supporting rural communities and family forest owners.

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October 15, 2024

A New Way to Buy Carbon Credits: The American Forest Foundation Carbon Auction

We believe there is a better way to buy carbon credits – a way to create contracts which more directly tie buyers and landowners to one another as true partners in a great enterprise. A way which reduces the friction, opacity and transaction costs of the current market.

June 20, 2024

Open Letter to SBTi: Carbon Credit Use for Scope 3 Emissions Will Catalyze Climate Impact

“The facts are clear: in order to avoid the impacts of climate change, we need to invest in nature-based solutions now.”

March 22, 2024

Partnering to Protect the Planet

The Field to Forest Tour was our most recent gathering designed to convene existing and potential funders from the public and private sectors to scale our collective climate impact.

March 20, 2024

Reductions, Removals, and the Delicate Dance of Carbon Accounting

Last week, carbon crediting standards body Verra announced the revision of their carbon accounting methodology.

March 19, 2024

Board Member Spotlight: Alex Alvarez

Board members of the American Forest Foundation take center stage in this special Q&A blog series that highlights their distinct experiences and expertise.

January 26, 2024

New England Climate-Smart Commodities Program Now Enrolling Landowners in Four States

More family woodland owners in New England now have an opportunity to apply for financial support to care for their forested property and increase carbon storage.

December 12, 2023

Arbor Day Foundation Accelerates AFF’s Afforestation Efforts in Georgia

Today the American Forest Foundation announced the receipt of $465,000 in philanthropic funds from the Arbor Day Foundation.

December 5, 2023

Conservation and Policy Groups Celebrate Senate Introduction of Rural Forest Markets Act

Today Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Bob Casey (D-PA) announced the introduction of the Rural Forest Markets Act (RFMA) in the U.S. Senate.

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November 7, 2023

Three Ways the Family Forest Carbon Program Is Helping Increase Sustainable Forestry

Discover three ways the Family Forest Carbon Program is supporting AFF’s long-held core values around forest sustainability, while remaining both people and planet-centered.

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 29, 2023

Board Member Spotlight: Jennie L. Stephens