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The Forest Carbon Offsetting Survey 2009 was released today at a time when forest-based carbon offset projects are playing an important role in combating global warming. The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), Conservation International, and others collaborated to produce this survey. The writers seek to understand current corporate attitudes toward forest-based carbon offsets to determine factors that drive purchasing decisions, and explore expectations beyond carbon offsets.

The survey indicates that a motivating factor for companies to choose forest-related projects comes from the positive spill-over effect they have on the native ecology, and the tangibility of the offsets with carbon stored in the biomass of trees. Carbonfund.org supports a number of forest-based projects including our Tensas National Wildlife Refuge Reforestation Project, which has achieved dual validation to both Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards and the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS). Learn more about our high-quality reforestation projects at www.carbonfund.org/projects.

Click here to read more about the survey.

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