High-Integrity Carbon via Biodiverse Reforestation
Roots advances climate mitigation through biodiversity-first reforestation, integrating ecological science, carbon accounting, and long-term stewardship. Our approach delivers high-integrity carbon sequestration while restoring biodiversity and safeguarding ecosystem.
All projects are structured for permanence through conservation easements and 30-year stewardship commitments. By embedding rigorous measurement, transparency, and adaptive management, Roots ensures that outcomes extend beyond carbon to enhance climate resilience, and deliver restored habitats and lasting ecological value.
Project Framework
Roots implements projects through a structured four-year cycle, spanning site acquisition, restoration implementation, and handover to long-term stewards. Beyond this cycle, Roots continues necessary land management activities for 30 years and coordinates with partners to ensure perpetual protection and adaptive management.
Core Project Attributes
Target biodiversity and conservation hotspots for maximum ecological leverage.
Optimize carbon sequestration potential using science-based reforestation design.
Restore soils, plant native species, and control invasive vegetation.
Secure land in perpetuity through legally binding easements.
Embed community engagement and socio-economic co-benefits.
Apply robust monitoring to quantify carbon and biodiversity outcomes.
Steward landscapes in collaboration with public agencies and private partners.
Carbon Integrity
Roots’ reforestation model is designed to meet the highest standards of climate integrity. Carbon outcomes are:
Nature-based & sustainable – rooted in ecological resilience.
Additional – beyond business-as-usual land use.
Measurable – based on physical sampling and remote sensing.
Equitable – delivering benefits across local communities and ecosystems.
Integrity Safeguards
Scientific Rigor in Design & Monitoring
Ecological and silvicultural baselines established for soils, hydrology, and biodiversity.
Ground-based carbon sampling calibrated with remote sensing.
Long-term monitoring plots to track canopy growth, species richness, and habitat quality.
Transparent publication of methodologies and results.
Permanence & Long-Term Stewardship
Conservation easements enforced in collaboration with USDA, NRCS, and other agencies.
Minimum 30-year stewardship agreements backed by dedicated endowments.
Risk mitigation planning for fire, pests, extreme weather, and climate variability.
Ecological Integrity & Biodiversity
Prioritization of native, site-appropriate species; exclusion of monocultures.
Structural and compositional diversity (trees, shrubs, herbaceous layers).
Hydrological and soil restoration integrated into reforestation design.
Regular biodiversity surveys to document habitat connectivity and species recovery.
Transparency & Accountability
Annual public reports detailing methods, outcomes, and challenges.
Independent scientific review and/or advisory board oversight.
Open-access geospatial datasets where feasible.
Community & Social Safeguards
Local employment and capacity building integrated into project delivery.
Stakeholder engagement in biodiversity monitoring and conservation programs.
Formal grievance mechanisms to ensure responsiveness.
Additionality & Greenwashing Prevention
Demonstrated proof that reforestation would not occur absent Roots’ intervention.
Outcomes are not monetized as offsets, eliminating risks of double-counting.
Transparent communication of both carbon and non-carbon benefits.
Resilience & Adaptive Management
Iterative project design incorporating emerging science and lessons learned.
Adaptive planting strategies in response to climate projections.
Integration with landscape and watershed-scale planning to minimize leakage and maximize system-wide benefits.
Impact
By 2030, Roots aims to restore 7,000 acres of land, plant 3 million trees and sequester 1.2m metric tonnes of carbon.
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