The american forest foundation (AFF), with our partner the nature conservancy (TNC), have been created a methodology with a new approach to setting a baseline for our family forest carbon program

The American Forest Foundation (AFF), in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has been awarded a Project Grant of $199,298.22 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912). The grant will enable AFF and TNC to develop a new real-time, observed baseline methodology for their Family Forest Carbon Program, which aims to provide the most credible and transparent climate benefit possible. The methodology takes a revolutionary approach to advance the integrity of the carbon benefit by measuring the carbon produced on a landowner's property and comparing it to similar unenrolled properties. This 3-year project, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, represents a significant step forward in improving the accuracy and transparency of carbon accounting for family forests.

Our goal is to provide the most credible and transparent climate benefit possible. The family forest carbon program's methodology takes a revolutionary step forward to advance the integrity of our carbon benefit, by using a real-time, observed baseline rather than a projected baseline. This is achieved by measuring the carbon produced on a landowner's property and comparing IT to similar unenrolled properties.