On Sept 15, NRCS announced that Terra was one of 47 organizations to win a 2014 Conservation Innovation Grant. Their winning project lowers the barriers for growers to adopt of low emission rice practices by reducing the data collection and verification costs of creating offsets. One of three private sector entities to win one of this year's CIG awards, Terra's solution was granted one of the largest CIG awards of 2014.
See Terra's lastest news and speaking engagements at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties and the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol is taking place from 1 to 12 December. COP 20/CMP 10 is being hosted by the Government of Peru, in Lima, Peru.
The award recognizes the Denton’s exceptional cross-border legal work to help the nation of Cambodia monetize sustainable environmental practices. The Denton’s pro bono involvement in the matter created a simplified contracting approach to help sales of Cambodia’s first Reduced Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project after years of development, allowing for access to private capital.
Today the American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit greenhouse gas (GHG) program that oversees the creation of rigorous carbon accounting protocols as well as the independent verification and registration of carbon offset projects, approved a tool designed to enlist ranchers in the fight against climate change. The new protocol developed by Terra Global Capital, with support from the Environmental Defense Fund, Silver Lab at the University of California - Berkeley, and the Marin Carbon Project allows ranchers to generate tradable emission reductions for land management practices that build soil carbon and reduce emissions from landfills.
The Kulera Landscape REDD+ (Reduced Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation) Program in Malawi is the first program of its type in Africa to complete verification of emission reductions under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) with a triple gold (Climate, Community and Biodiversity - CCB) accreditation for emission reductions. It is only the third project in the world to gain CCB triple gold, testimony to the fact this project is generating the highest community, biodiversity and adaptation benefits possible.
