The Great Bear (South Central Coast) Forest Carbon Project

Reducing GHG emissions and helping First Nations communities by improving land management and use in the Great Bear Forest

Conserving over 2 million ha of carbon-sequestering forest in British Columbia and protecting biodiversity through changes in land-use legislation This project, located in Coastal BC, […]

Location: British Columbia, Canada
Project type: Improved Forest Management
Project ID: BC104000000011319
Status: BC Carbon Registry – Active
Crediting period: 01/04/2009 – 31/12/2033

Community impact

First Nation led conservation and sustainable livelihoods

Verification

Verification: This project is verified by the Verified Carbon Standard

Verified carbon projects sit alongside reduction. They do not make a venue or event carbon neutral or net zero.

What the project does.

This project, located in Coastal BC, has been developed as Improved Forest Management (IFM) project listed under the BC Forest Carbon Offset Protocol (FCOP, 2011), generating emissions reductions by managing and protecting forest areas and increasing the carbon stocks as the forest re-grows or continues to grow.

This project reduces emissions through changes in land-use legislation that protects areas in Canada’s Great Bear Forest previously designated, sanctioned, or approved for commercial logging, road building, forestry operations and reducing harvest levels across the project area. This is Canada’s first indigenous-led carbon offset program and is the largest forest carbon project in the world.

The project area encompasses 1.5 million ha of land and fresh water and over 780,000 ha of productive forest land. As a result of the project activity, a total of 218,000 hectares are now protected in either Conservancies or Biodiversity, Mining and Tourism Areas (BMTAs).

First Nation led conservation and sustainable livelihoods

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