Sequestration Valuation Process
Our carbon offset project comes in packages of 1,000 acres, which sequesters the equivalent to 9,600 metric tons of carbons (mtCO2e will offset). Carbon offset projects are sold in lots of 5-20 year contracts. All projects are secured by blockchain encryption, serialized to manage it's dilution and provenance.
Authenticity
Authenticity is very important for us at 3DC. Especially in a voluntary market.
While most registries will claim to be offering you carbon offsets, many don't have a clue if their claims are true.
Plus you have no assurance the carbon offsets you're buying are not being sold to other people and companies.
These carbons come from acres of thick forested trees that would otherwise be cut for timber.
Additionality
Because these trees would be cut for timber, the main source of revenue for the property onwers, they have agreed not to cut the trees and sell the sequestered carbons.
This provides the additionality. While an acres of trees can theoretically hold enough tree to produce 11 metric tons of carbon dioxide CO2, we live in a not-so-perfect world.
We take this into account when we evaluate an acre of trees.
Buffer Pool
When we establish an acre that will sequester carbons, we immediately discount 10% of that acre. We call this breakage, and is an area of an acre that can be used by the proeprty owner.
We reserve another 10% of the arce of trees and set thisd aside in a Buffer Pool The Bubffer Pool provides a reserve to replenish any leakage that occurs.
Leakage
Leakage is where the trees used for sequestration are damaged or die off, either naturally or by disease or from an inclement weather event, like lightning, or forest fires, and can not sequester carbons.
The Buffer Pool is designed to replenish what is lost so that you continuously have the carbon offsets you need at all times.
Dilution
No Double-Dipping. One carbon offset project belongs to one customer.
Because each contract, called a project, is serialized and assigned to one buyer, it cannot then be sold to another buyer.
This prevents the value of the carbon offset from being diluted.
Monitoring & Accounting
We've partnered with one of the largest land brokers in North America who help monitor the tree's are healthy and productive.
All documentation is packaged together and serialized and tracked using blockchain encryption services.
The blockchain also provides the tracking needed to provide its provenance.