Objectives

 

 

The overall goal of this project is to secure the future of planetary forest cover, by creating an initiative of planetary collective forest restoration.

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Financial Objectives

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• High carbon credit revenue for 10 forest guardianships from trees planted over the course of the programme lifecycle (we propose a 20+ year contract).

• Seed fund of £60K to kickstart the projects with funds for several objectives, specifically reforestation, the training of project managers and the transition to different forms of agroforestry food production.

• An attractive ROI for the impact investor.

• An increasing stream of income from new bioeconomic activities over the course of the contract to replace the carbon credit income at the end of the project.

• Attractive possibilities for biodiversity credits across various sites in this consortium working on rewilding (e.g., Moor Barton).

 

Environmental and climate objectives

 

• Enhance biodiversity: Protection and regeneration of forests increases biodiversity, including increase of bird and wildlife. Forested areas improve river systems leading to regeneration of areas propitious for rewilding and reintroduction of native species.

 

• Achieve soil restoration: forests are vital to the replenishing of fertile soils, and soils capable of storing carbon.

 

• Rejuvenate the Water cycle: forests recycle water up to 6 times, for instance in mist and rainforests such as Floresta Cadoz, Mindanao, Bodo Swamp and parts of the Dartmoor Atlantic Rainforest in Dartmoor. Conservancy of water leads to restoration of climate patterns (rainfall) and water retention, which prevents droughts and floods.

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Cultural, Social and Environmental Objectives

 

• Build indigenous peoples’ communities’ capacity through trainings and workshops on agroforestry, ancestral lands reforestation and multisectoral partnerships.

 

• Strengthen the tribal councils, governance and its rules and policies pertaining to the protection of the forest landscapes and wildlife through creation of community and multi sectoral agreement with sacred ritual ceremonies for the holistic protection of the ecosystem.

 

• Establish partnerships with relevant government bodies

 

• Lobby policies and laws to legislative decision-making body for the urgent needs to mitigate deforestation and wildlife trading.

 

• Develop indigenous and Western science-based resources inventory with academic partners to enhance decision making

 

• Influence behavioral changes by utilizing multiple media sources to campaign for the protection of the ecosystems and to reforest the denuded landscapes.

 

• Provide community base sustainable livelihoods and enterprise to reduce deforestation and other ecosystem threats through sustainable livelihoods generation and hub enterprises.