Agreement Number
NR20-13G001
Awardee Name
American Forest Foundation
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Piloting the Family Forest Carbon Program in the Central Appalachian Region
Awardee State/Territory
Maryland
Involved States/territories
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Award Year
2019
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$700,000.00
Production/Use
Forestry
Natural Areas
Resource Concern (Broad)
Air
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Carbon emissions and sequestration
Carbon sequestration
Carbon stock; carbon emissions
Conservation Practice(s)
Forest Stand Improvement
Tree/Shrub Establishment
Project Background
The Family Forest Carbon Program is a partnership between the American Forest Foundation(AFF) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) that seeks to create innovative solutions to two related challenges: 1) How to engage a large portion of America’s 22 million family forest owners in globally significant climate change mitigation; 2) How to accelerate the adoption of other conservation practices among family woodland owners in the U.S. The Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP) reimagines carbon accounting in a way that makes it possible to incentivize landowners at scale. Rather than basing payments on inventories of carbon, the program incentivizes specific forest management practices which have been scientifically demonstrated to enhance carbon sequestration. The implementation of these practices across a known acreage will result in sequestration reportable in tons.
Project Scale
Regional
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Christine Cadigan