The CCF has carbon offsets for sale! With the assistance of Brinkman Climate and Ecotrust Canada, the CCF successfully negotiated an agreement with the Province to sell carbon offsets generated by our improved forest management approach.
How does it work? Read the Cheakamus Community Forest carbon offsets information sheet.
We’ve sold carbon offsets to many BC businesses including VanCity, Tinhorn Creek, Sharp Six Consulting, Ecotrust Canada, Brinkman Climate, Eclipse Awards, Local Practice Architecture, MET Fine Printers, Epic Investment Services, and the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Congratulations to our climate leaders!
A carbon offset is an independently verified credit for net greenhouse gas reductions achieved by one party that can be used to compensate (or offset) the emissions of another party. Carbon offsets are typically measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents (or tCO2e), transacted through carbon registries, and bought and sold for voluntary or regulated emissions reductions.
The carbon offsets generated by the Cheakamus Community Forest project are created by improved forest management actions on the 33,000 hectares it manages. They are quantified with the BC Forest Carbon Offset Protocol, and verified to the BC Emissions Offset Regulation. These actions are guided by the community forest’s Ecosystem Based Management plan, and delivered on the land through reduced harvest volumes, extended harvest rotations, expanded reserves, and protection of old growth forests and other important wildlife habitat. These voluntary actions go above and beyond regulatory requirements.
In The Press
The Future of Forestry: Cheakamus Community Forest
Wildsight, July 23, 2023
Meet the Cheakamus Community Forest, the only community forest to develop carbon offsets in B.C.
The Narwhal, August 14, 2021
International delegation learns about climate action at Cheakamus Community Forest
Ecotrust Canada, August 2019
Cheakamus Community Forest and B.C. sign carbon offset agreement
Province of BC, April 28, 2015
Quick Facts
- Cheakamus Community Forest Carbon Project Sales Policy
- Since 2011, government has signed a number of atmospheric benefit sharing agreements with First Nations to sell carbon credits.
- The Cheakamus Community Forest atmospheric benefit-sharing agreement was the first to be signed with a B.C. Community Forest.