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Our Policy by Issue
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The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Read more on why The Nature Conservancy helped launch the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. Visit The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility online.
Holding Forests to a Higher Standard
The Nature Conservancy is demonstrating that forest projects designed to mitigate climate change can represent real, parmanent and verifiable emissions reductions.
Projects that Make a Difference
From Belize to China, the Conservancy is conducting research around the world to measure the amount of carbon captured by forests.
We Want to Hear from You
Tell us what you think about our climate change work. What national or international policies should be implemented to fight climate change?
What’s Your Impact?
Get an estimate of your carbon footprint using the Conservancy’s carbon footprint calculator and see how you compare to U.S. and global averages.

Forest conservation offers global solutions and benefits to nature, communities and economies.
Forest carbon provisions will play a critical role in reducing emissions cost-effectively and sequestering carbon. U.S. legislation should
Reforestation can absorb up to 3.5 billion tons of global CO2 emissions annually through 2030. Credits from reforestation projects that have been independently verified as being real, permanent, and measurable should be allowed into U.S. and international carbon markets.
By including strong provisions to allow participants in a U.S. cap-and-trade system to access international forest carbon credits, U.S. climate policy will create incentives for developing countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions.
Access to U.S. greenhouse gas markets is strong motivation for participation by emerging economies. Linking our carbon markets to developing nations through policies to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation is a triple-win proposition. It has the potential to
However, developing countries will need to put in place key building blocks — such as monitoring systems, and capable enforcement institutions — that will enable them to participate successfully in carbon market activities.
With conservation projects around the world informing our decisions and policy positions, The Nature Conservancy believes that international action is essential to meet the climate challenge and U.S. leadership is integral to motivating other countries to engage in solutions.
International engagement and linkages increase economic efficiency by increasing the capacity for emission reductions from a diversity of sectors and nations, further encouraging broad political engagement.
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Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Mark Godfrey © The Nature Conservancy (cloud forest); Photo © Mark Godfrey © The Nature Conservancy (tree planting in Chiapas, Mexico).
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