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Small Landowners Are Untapped Heroes in the Fight Against Climate Change

Small Landowners Are Untapped Heroes in the Fight Against Climate Change May 10, 2021 Forests are fundamentally linked to climate change, both as a cause and a solution. Clearing and mismanagement of forests contribute about 12 percent of global carbon emissions. But forests also act as a carbon sink, absorbing carbon dioxide, as well as regulating water flows and protecting the rich biodiversity and communities that depend on them.  As such, forestry has long been central to climate change mitigation plans, including carbon offset programs, wherein an entity pays to remove or avoid equivalent emissions elsewhere that they would emit in their operations. Due to increased demand for these programs and a need for conservation finance tools, a new initiative called the Family Forest Carbon Program, created by the American Forest Foundation (AFF) and The Nature Conservancy, aims to maximize the climate mitigation potential of forests by engaging family forest owners to deliver meanin

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