A Landowner’s Introduction to the Forest Carbon Market

Natalia Medina-Irizarry, Michael Andreu, and Tamara Cushing

Release Date: 3/30/2022

Reviewed At: 4/3/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fr453-2022

Natural Resources

Abstract

In recent years, carbon programs have emerged that allow forest landowners to receive payment for the ecosystem services their forests provide. The primary service of interest is carbon sequestration because it has been deemed one of the solutions to climate change. This publication serves as an introduction to the forest carbon market, how it works, common terminology used, and who some of the key players are.

About this Publication

This document is FOR382, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences. Original publication date March 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Natalia Medina-Irizarry, Forest Systems Laboratory research assistant; Michael Andreu, associate professor; and Tamara Cushing, Extension assistant professor; School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.