Maple Ridge, British Columbia

The Forest Restoration Project is audited to a reasonable level of assurance as per the ISO 14064-2 specification.  This project resides on the CSA CleanProjects registry meaning this project has been determined to be consistent with ISO 14064.

This project aims to create a forest that will continue to be healthy beyond the lifespan of the current generation of trees, maximize the amount of CO2 that can be sequestered (or absorbed), and emulate natural forest growth. Unlike reforestation - which generally applies to replacing a forest felled for the timber industry and involves mass plantations of a mono-crop - this kind of forestation ensures the specific needs of this forest have been factored into its long-term plan. This includes a diverse range of planted species, careful planning and attention to the future success of the biomass that the forest will support.

Forests play an important role as carbon sinks, essentially sequestering greenhouse gases from the air, and storing carbon in the biomass of the forest. Since the project began in 2006, it has sequestered carbon over approximately 83 hectares in the District of Maple Ridge through the planting of over 36,000 indigenous Douglas Firs, Sitka Spruces, Western Red Cedars, Western Hemlocks and Cottonwoods. As planting continues and these trees establish, the Maple Ridge Project is expected to sequester over 2,230,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

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