The U.S. Forest Protocol (FP) provides guidance for the development of forest carbon projects. The FP addresses eligibility and accounting requirements for the calculation of emissions removals and reductions associated with reforestation, improved forest management, and avoided conversion projects.
For information about the role of forest carbon for California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, please refer here. For information and documents related to compliance projects, please refer here.
For information about the Reserve’s Climate Forward Reforestation Forecast Methodology, please refer here.
Project Listing Documents
The documents below are required during the project listing phase.
Project Registration Documents
The documents and tools below are designed to help project developers organize their project data and facilitate verification. Use of the templates provided is optional; however, the documents are required for verification.
Protocol Supporting Documents
Knowledge Hub
- Climate Action Reserve Inventory Tool (CARIT) Demo (December 10, 2019) This webinar provides a demonstration of the Climate Action Reserve Inventory Tool (CARIT), a Microsoft Access-based data management tool used for inputting, growing, calculating, and reporting forest carbon inventory data. Webinar recording
- Forest Protocol Version 5.0 Overview (November 20, 2019) Learn about the updates in the Forest Project Protocol Version 5.0. Webinar recording Presentation slides
- Long Term Management of Forest Carbon Projects (June 18, 2019) Learn how landowners best navigate the requirements of the program Webinar recording Presentation slides