Anton Root talks about REDD+ land and forestry projects

Finance

Net zero pledges by large global corporations should help grow this market.

Balancing quality of projects with streamlined processes and transparent information is key.

Anton Root, Head of Research at Allied Crowds , a company that enables finance for the SDGs demystifies the market for us.

The market size of voluntary carbon offset markets in land and forestry is small but changing fast. Net zero pledges by large global corporations should help grow this market.

This allows various types of organizations (combinations of commercial and community organizations) to come together. However, project development takes a long time. Carbon prices of these products vary widely as well..

Indonesia and Vietnam are the two countries in the ASEAN region to watch. The “to be launched” Singapore exchange for nature based solutions should help provide a market for project developers.

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