Custom-designed forest carbon project management
Forests play a key role in combating climate change by naturally sequestering carbon and preserving biodiversity. To support these essential functions, incentive and regulatory mechanisms are being developed, such as carbon offsetting and voluntary carbon credits.
As a recognised actor in the forest carbon market, ONF International draws on nearly 30 years of experience to assist states, local authorities, and private stakeholders in designing and implementing custom forest carbon projects. We leverage high-level technical, regulatory, and institutional expertise, tailored to the specificities of each territory and the requirements of certification standards.
Thanks to our international network and in-depth knowledge of the carbon market, we help funders, investors, and companies secure, enhance, and strengthen the credibility of their climate commitments within the framework of their CSR strategies and ecological transition plans.
Fazenda São Nicolau: for over 25 years, a global reference with more than 2 million tonnes of carbon stored. An ONF Brazil project.
Our Areas of Intervention
- Structuring investable AFOLU projects: Development of REDD+, ARR, and IFM projects designed to meet the requirements of the carbon market and institutional investors.
- Carbon origination and certification: Feasibility studies, preparation of PDDs, support through registration and certification according to international standards.
- Financial structuring and economic modelling: Analysis of costs and revenues, assessment of uncertainties, and carbon and financial performance scenarios.
- Secure operational implementation: Supervision of plantations and field activities, promotion of low-impact practices, and rigorous project management.
- Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV): Robust systems based on remote sensing, forest inventories, and monitoring platforms ensuring traceability and integrity of credits.
- Due diligence and risk management: Regulatory and standards compliance, assessment of permanence and leakage risks, evaluation of carbon and impact performance.
- Enhancing co-benefits and biodiversity: Integration of SDGs, complementary certifications (CCB), development of biodiversity credits, and benefit-sharing mechanisms.
- Support for public policies: Development of climate and forest strategies, support for Article 6 mechanisms, and strengthening of national and international frameworks.
- Strategic support for investors and funders: Securing climate commitments, alignment with CSR, ESG, and net-zero strategies, and guidance within Article 6 frameworks.
- Capacity building and project governance: Training for project developers, operational tools, and governance systems ensuring the sustainability and credibility of investments.
Fazenda São Nicolau (carbon sink managed by ONF Brazil): a global reference in reforestation and carbon sequestration in degraded areas of the Amazon.
Some flagship projects
Central America and the Caribbean
Assessing mangrove carbon: an operational method for Haiti
Development of a simple and reproducible methodology for measuring CO₂ storage in mangroves in Haiti, tested in the field and accompanied by training for MPA managers.
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