Research Forester The Nature Conservancy Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
This session will discuss dynamic baselines for carbon projects, how they can bolster the credibility of carbon markets, and how they can be implemented effectively. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of why the carbon markets have been criticized for over crediting, and how that issue can be solved.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to communicate the major types of methodologies and baselines used in Improved Forest Management (IFM) and Reforestation carbon mitigation projects, and how those projects can be designed to ensure accurate accounting, provide truly additional carbon mitigation, and minimize risk for clients of public criticism.
Upon completion, participants will be able to interpret the validity of the various carbon programs available to landowners in the United States, and better serve as an advocate and advisor for landowners they represent.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how IFM carbon mitigation projects work generally and how the use of dynamic baseline methodologies differ from the standard modeled or static activity baseline methodologies.
