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Winrock’s Ecosystems Services Team
Guiding Carbon Measurement and Monitoring Worldwide


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 carbon assessment in land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF).

Winrock’s mission is both to protect the environment and to increase opportunities for people worldwide. The Ecosystem Services Unit fulfills this mission by developing innovative approaches to carbon estimation and disseminating this information to organizations and communities worldwide so they can participate in new markets.

Comprehensive Carbon Services: Project Design:
  •  •  Project review and carbon benefit assessment
  •  •  CDM and JI project development and review
  •  •  Monitoring plan design and implementation
  •  •  Baseline establishment and 'leakage' assessment
  •  •  New methodologies for CDM and JI projects
  •  •  Quality assurance and quality control programs
  •  •  Spatial prediction of deforestation trends
  •  •  Customized workshops on Kyoto project development
  •  •  Customized workshops on baseline and monitoring plan design and implementation
  •  •  Customized field training in carbon estimation, baseline and monitoring methodologies
  •  •  Spatial modeling for deforestation baselines and projections
  •  •  Aerial geo-referenced (10cm resolution) mosaics and transects
  •  •  Remote sensing analysis for fulfillment of CDM 1990 rule
 

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Capacity Building:

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Measuring, Monitoring & Verification:

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