Comprehensive Carbon Services.
Winrock International is a leading voice and active participant in the global
environment and climate change arena. For over a decade, Winrock has been the
organization trusted worldwide to bring the most cutting edge, proven information
and services for greenhouse gas assessment in agriculture, forestry, and other
land uses. Ecosystem Services fulfills Winrock’s mission by developing innovative
approaches to carbon estimation and disseminating this information to organizations
and communities worldwide so they can participate in new markets.
The Winrock Advantage
| Large-Scale Environmental Assessments |
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- Assessments at the Regional, National, State or Municipality scales of existing greenhouse gas emissions and removals (sequestration) including quantities and costs.
- Assessments of potential increases in sequestration or decreases in emissions, including quantities and costs, from the implementation of programs at Regional, National, State or Municipality scales.
- Estimated future greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental benefits using advanced spatial modeling analyses.
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| Decision-Making / Planning Tools |
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- Creation of tools to track greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration from properties and investments.
- Planning tools to allow maximization of sequestration and minimization of emissions with consideration of economics.
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| Methodology Development |
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- Development of new project sectors, and methodologies for accurately and precisely measuring and monitoring within new sectors.
- Creation of new AFOLU (agriculture, forestry, and other land uses) methodologies for all regulatory and voluntary greenhouse gas markets, including CDM, VCS, ACR, and CCX.
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| Project Design Development |
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- Project feasibility assessments and carbon benefit assessment.
- Project development, implementation, and validation technical assistance for all regulatory and voluntary markets.
- Project design document creation for all regulatory and voluntary markets.
- Baseline establishment and 'leakage' assessment.
- Spatial prediction of deforestation and degradation baselines.
- Monitoring plan design and implementation.
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| Capacity Building Assistance |
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- Customized workshops on project development (CDM, VCS, ACR, CCX, CCB) and baseline and monitoring plan design and implementation.
- Customized field trainings and manuals in carbon estimation, baseline and monitoring methodologies.
- Creation of guidance documents/manuals for project development and project measurement and monitoring.
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