Planet Alpha GHG Project Registry
The only “Living GHG Offset”TM
Create a Forest Legacy instead of buying short-term “throw-away credits”
The only GHG registry featuring direct instrument measurement of CO2, CH4, and N2O
The PaC Registry is a no-cost, no-fee, listing of GHG emission reduction projects
Commercial and research data for GHG monitoring and isotopologues are included to ensure a harmonized framework
The PaC Registry includes
1. PaC commercial projects
2. Research projects that report net carbon sequestration, and other greenhouse gases including isotopologues
2 Phase Implementation
Phase I is based on quantification of land-use change. The metric is No-New-Loss (NNL) of canopy verified by high resolution remotely sensed imagery
Phase II is based on in-country direct gas (CO2, CH4, N2O) monitoring of forests and anthropogenic landscapes primarily focused on forest restoration and management
The Results
Resulting data from Phases I and II are monetized as place-name products, serialized, and listed on an online sales and accounting platform to satisfy individual, corporate, governmental, and not-for-profit needs for Gaia products.
- The online accounting platform tracks sales and retirement of all products according to their stated terms of lifetime and other factors as may apply.
The Process
Forest carbon is valued in three steps, as shown in Figure 1 (below). Physical carbon is established by direct measurement, project carbon integrates the spatial and temporal boundaries of the project, and financial carbon is monetized and bundled in diverse portfolios for voluntary and compliance buyers. The figure is from: 2020. Direct measurement forest carbon protocol: a commercial system-of-systems to incentivize forest restoration and management. PeerJ 8:e8891 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8891.
