Certification
When trees are planted specifically to capture CO2 certain tests must be applied to the scheme to assure its quality. Those who sponsor new carbon woodlands are entitled to assurances regarding their scheme’s ecological impact, its carbon sequestration figures, its protection and its monitoring.
For this reason we developed the Forest Carbon Standard (FCS) five years ago - in the absence then of a UK national standard for woodland carbon schemes. The FCS, which embraces Kyoto Protocol and UK Forestry Commission principles, is based on a double peer-reviewed carbon calculation model and meets all UK biodiversity and sustainability requirements.
For this reason we developed the Forest Carbon Standard (FCS) five years ago - in the absence then of a UK national standard for woodland carbon schemes. The FCS, which embraces Kyoto Protocol and UK Forestry Commission principles, is based on a double peer-reviewed carbon calculation model and meets all UK biodiversity and sustainability requirements.
Since that time there has been significant work on the development of a national forest carbon standard, and this came to fruition with the launch in July this year of the Forestry Commission's Woodland Carbon Code. Forest Carbon was involved in the design and trialling of the Code, and two of our Scottish woodland projects were used in trials for the new Code. (Both were validated successfully.)