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 Conservation Carbon Challenge Countries, companies and institutions worldwide are seeking to reduce and offset their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, in response to the Kyoto Protocol and other initiatives to reduce global climate change. Because deforestation accounts for 25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, investments in forest protection and reforestation are cost-effective ways for companies to offset their own emissions. Solution We offer a selection of land-based carbon offsets projects as investment opportunities. In addition to mitigating the impacts of climate change, these projects protect and restore native habitats, thereby providing multiple benefits, including biodiversity protection, community development, conservation of watersheds and the restoration fragmented habitats. The Mountains of Southwest China CI has joined with China's State Forestry Administration and The Nature Conservancy to implement a land-based carbon offset strategy which will protect biodiversity and support local communities on over 3 million hectares of land. more Ecuador's Northwestern Rain Forests Through on the ground support from local partners, CI is working to reforest highly degraded pastureland in the coastal plains and foothills of Northwestern Ecuador and create buffer zones around forest reserves. more Makira Forest Project, Madagascar Partnering with the Wildlife Conservation Society and Madagascar's Ministry of the Environment, Water and Forests, CI is developing carbon-financing options to finance the protection of Madagascar's Northeastern Forests. more Sierra Madre, Philippines To ensure protection of the newly declared protected area, the Sierra Madre Quirino in the mountainous eastern portion of the Philippine island of Luzon, CI has partnered with World Agroforestry Centre on an initiative which will generate carbon offsets through a multiple component approach integrating both land use and alternative energy activities. more 
|  Muriqui. Atlantic Forest, Brazil ADDITIONAL RESOURCES PARTNER FAST FACTS • 3M • The Climate Trust • Dixie Chicks • Jatun Sacha • Mitsubishi • Pearl Jam • SC Johnson • United Technologies • Wildlife Conservation Society PUBLICATIONS • Conservation International's Climate Strategy Fact Sheet (pdf, 812kb) • Conservation Carbon Projects Overview Fact Sheet (pdf, 383kb) • Ecuador Project Fact Sheet (pdf, 251kb) • Madagascar Project Fact Sheet (987kb PDF) • Article: Biodiversity, Climate, and the Kyoto Protocol: Risks and Opportunities (pdf, 1.74mb) |
