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About The Pacific Forest Trust California Main Office |
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| The Van Eck Forest Project ensures significant climate benefits are achieved from the sustainable management of roughly 2,200 acres of working forestlands in Humboldt County, California.
Owned by the Fred M. van Eck Forest Foundation, the Van Eck Forest is a working redwood forest that is conserved and managed by the Pacific Forest Trust to increase carbon stores, restore biodiversity and old growth qualities and provide habitat for endangered species. In addition to helping cool the climate, the Van Eck Forest Project helps protect wildlife habitat, safeguard clean water and sustain rural communities and jobs for the benefit of all Californians. The Van Eck Forest Project will permanently reduce more than 500,000 tons of CO2 emissions over a 100-year period by ensuring use of sustainable forestry practices that sequester more carbon than could be attained through conventional management. The project is the first emissions reductions project registered and independently certified under the rigorous accounting standards adopted by the California Air Resources Board to help the state meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Pacific Forest Trust holds a working forest conservation easement on the Van Eck Forest, ensuring the land will never be lost to development, converted to other uses or logged in an unsustainable ma nner.
Forests like Van Eck provide climate benefits by absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it as carbon in trees for hundreds of years or longer. As compared to reforestation or afforestation, established working forests are especially effective at storing carbon as they grow older due to the fact they store substantially greater volumes of carbon over a shorter time than do their younger counterparts. The project and its carbon dioxide emissions reductions are registered with the Climate Action Reserve (CAR). The CAR Forest Protocol – developed and updated with the participation of scientists, foresters and climate experts – ensures that emissions reductions generated from working forests meet international standards. In addition to the climate benefits Van Eck delivers, sustainable timber harvests on the property provide the building industry and consumers with eco- and climate-friendly wood products. Maps
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At a Glance • 2,200 acres of
working, redwood
forestlands in • Managed by The Pacific Forest Trust • Project to reduce more than
500,000 tons of CO2 Fact Sheets Reports 2008 Emissions Report 2006 Emissions Report 2005 Emissions Report 2004 Emissions Report Press Releases California’s Forest and Climate Standards Poised to Go National Verified Carbon Offsets |
Video  Take a virtual tour of the Van Eck Forest on YouTube Watch videos here Media |
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