The CarbonFix Standard (CFS) was an initiative to certify
climate forestation projects to
sequester carbon from the
atmosphere
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. The CarbonFix Standard was administered by CarbonFix, a non-profit association based in Germany. In 2012, it was acquired by and integrated into the
Gold Standard
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.
History
The association CarbonFix was founded in 1999. In 2007, the association developed the first version of the CarbonFix Standard, which was presented at the
World Climate Conference
The World Climate Conferences are a series of international meetings, organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), about global climate issues principally global warming in addition to climate research and forecasting.
Conferences
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in
Bali
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, in December 2007.
The standard contained criteria a forestation project had to meet in order to be certified.
Sustainable Forest Management
Sustainable forest management (SFM) is the management of forests according to the principles of sustainable development. Sustainable forest management has to keep the balance between three main pillars: ecological, economic and socio-cultural. ...
was required.
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See also
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Voluntary Carbon Standard
The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), or Verra, formerly the Voluntary Carbon Standard, is a standard for certifying carbon emissions reductions. VCS is administered by Verra, a 501(c)(3) organization.
History
In 2005, carbon markets investment ...
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Carbon Credit
A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit a set amount of carbon dioxide or the equivalent amount of a different greenhouse gas (tCO2e).
Carbon credits and carbon markets are a compo ...
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SGS S.A.
SGS (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for ''General Society of Surveillance'')) is a Swiss multinational company headquartered in Geneva, which provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. It has ...
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Woodland Carbon Code The Woodland Carbon Code is the UK standard for afforestation projects for climate change mitigation. It provides independent validation and verification and assurance about the levels of carbon sequestration from woodland creation projects and th ...
References
Further reading
* Lopes, P. (2009), ''Review of Forest Carbon Standards (2009) - Development of a tool for organisations to identify the most appropriate forest carbon credit'', Imperial College London, Centre for Environmental Policy.
* Merger, E. (2008), ''A Comparison of leading Standards in the Voluntary Carbon Market and The State of Climate Forestation Projects'', CarbonPositive.
External links
* https://www.goldstandard.org/
Climate change mitigation