Mark McPherson

15 03, 2018

City Forest Credits (Formerly Urban Forest Carbon Registry) Update

By |2018-03-15T21:32:55-04:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: Funding, Innovative Projects and Programs, Nonprofits|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

  By Mark McPherson, Director, City Forest Credits A year ago, I wrote for the Council blog about the Urban Forest Carbon Registry, a non-profit organization based in Seattle. The Registry developed the first-ever Tree Preservation Carbon Protocol that enables urban forest preservation projects to earn carbon [...]

10 03, 2017

New Urban Forest Carbon Registry Will Create Revenue for City Trees

By |2017-03-10T14:14:21-05:00March 10th, 2017|Categories: Funding, Innovative Projects and Programs, Nonprofits|Tags: , |0 Comments

Story and images by Mark McPherson, Executive Director of the Urban Forest Carbon Registry The urban forests of the U.S. are long overdue to earn certified carbon credits. Carbon buyers purchased $700 million in carbon credits in the U.S. over the last decade ($4.5 billion worldwide). Yet [...]

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