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The Role of Forests in Regulating the Global Carbon Cycle
How carbon moves between air, oceans, soil and trees, and why forests act as both sinks and sources depending on growth, disturbance and human land use.
How Forests Work
Forest Carbon
How forests store carbon and how that fits into climate action.
Old Forests as Carbon Stores
Mature forests often hold large amounts of carbon in big trees, dead wood and soil, and many keep adding more. Here is what that means and where limits apply.
Permanence and Leakage in Forest Carbon Projects
Two core risks in forest carbon projects: stored carbon may be released later, or emissions may simply shift elsewhere. Learn how each works and how they are managed.
The Benefits of Forest Restoration in Promoting Carbon Sequestration
How restoring degraded land adds carbon over time, why the gains are often slow at first, and what shapes results: site, species, protection and patience.
The Benefits of Forest-Based Carbon Credits for Sustainable Development
How forest carbon credits work, what the money can pay for in rural communities, and the concerns around permanence, verification and fairness that deserve scrutiny.
The Benefits of Forest-Based Carbon Sequestration
How growing trees and wood hold carbon, a worked hypothetical conversion to carbon dioxide, and the limits that cap how much forests can store.
The Impact of Climate Change on Forest Soil Carbon Sequestration
Forest soils hold a large share of forest carbon. Learn how it gets there, how warming, drought and disturbance may release it, and why the evidence is mixed.
The Role of Forests in Supporting Climate Change Mitigation
Where forests fit among climate mitigation options: avoiding deforestation, caring for existing stands, restoring land, and why they complement emission cuts.
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