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Winrock is a leader in providing scientific and data-driven accounting of ecosystem services, facilitating environmental markets, and protecting and managing at-risk ecosystems. Our innovative approach to Ecosystems Accounting brings data, policy and markets together. We interpret and translate science and apply analysis to increase the confidence of governments, markets and investors in the integrity of ecosystem benefits. Our work includes notable successes in water accounting, greenhouse gas monitoring, and biodiversity valuation and protection. For all Services and Solutions, click here.

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‘Forests are Gold’

February 2020 Innovations

November 2019 Innovations

Carbon PFES Study Tour Lessons Learned

Pumps and Pineapples

Pumps and Pineapples

Uploaded on September 19, 2019

Feed the Future: Guinea (SMARTE)

Feed the Future: Guinea (SMARTE)

Uploaded on September 19, 2019

Carbon Payments for Environmental Services (C-PFES)

Success Story: Vietnam’s Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) System

Success Story: Vietnam’s Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) System

Uploaded on June 12, 2019

Architecture for REDD+ Transactions Brochure

Winrock Forestry Work Highlighted in Bloomberg Businessweek

May 2019 Innovations

Bloomberg Businessweek Features Winrock’s Work in Guyana

Bringing Technology to Lam Dong

Data Editing Tool – Simplifying Life for PFES Managers

Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Forestry Sector

April 2019 Innovations

Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Agricultural Sector

Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Energy Sector

Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Livestock Sector

Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Waste Sector

Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Wood Fuels

National Greenhouse Inventory System

Penentuan Tingkat Rujukan (Reference Level) untuk Menduga Penurunan Emisi dari Restorasi Gambut

Reference Level for the Estimation of Emission Reduction from Peatland Restoration

PENGELOLAAN KEBUN SAWIT DI LAHAN GAMBUT BAGI PETANI SWADAYA

Protocol for Oil Palm Independent Smallholder for Sustainable and Responsible Management of Peat Areas

September 2018 Innovations

Sustainable Development and Science: Bridging the Gap with Tools

BUKU 1 : Indonesia Oil Palm Independent Smallholders Limited Definitions, Gaps and Challenges

Carbon Storage Potential in Degraded Forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia

Winrock Tools

Mongabay: Winrock combines aerial imagery and field data to measure timber harvest and carbon emissions

SUCCESS STORY: Increasing access to information about climate change

Reducing GHG Emissions from Peat Lands and Oil Palm in Indonesia: A Jurisdictional Approach

Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project Northern Ghana Land Use Ecosystem Service and Economic Valuation Study

SUCCESS STORY: An Improved Silvicultures Strategy for Sustainable Forest Mangement

SUCCESS STORY: Community-Based Forest Management in Nghe An Province

SUCCESS STORY: Nghe An Bob bo Model

Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program Supports Improved Forest Policy in Vietnam

Rahinatu’s Story: Moringa Entrepreneur

Rahinatu’s Story: Moringa Entrepreneur

Uploaded on February 22, 2018

Guidance on Applying the Monte Carlo Approach to Uncertainty Analyses in Forestry and Greenhouse Gas Accounting (English and Spanish)

Standard Operating Procedures – Selective logging emissions (Spanish)

Evaluation of the Hydrological Services Provided by Forest Restoration (Spanish)

Estimation of Selective Logging Emissions in Colombia (Spanish)

The Ecosystem Services provided by Tropical Forests and a Proposed Framework to Assess Them (English and Spanish)

NAMA Decision Support Tool (Spanish)

Assessment of mangrove ecosystems in Colombia and their potential for emissions reductions and restoration (English)

USAID AgNRM December 2017 Newsletter

SUCCESS STORY: Climate-Smart Rice Supports Livelihoods and the Environment

SUCCESS STORY: Piloting Development of Village Regulation for PFES Management and use in Thanh Hoa Province

Ghana Receives Landmark Approval From Carbon Fund

Clement Aapengnuo on Land Tenure and Women

Clement Aapengnuo on Land Tenure and Women

Uploaded on September 7, 2017

Pay-for-Performance Conservation: A How-To Guide

Using Wisconsin’s SnapPlus Planning Tool in Pay-for-Performance Projects

Winrock’s American Carbon Registry Has Issued Over 100 Million Tonnes of Carbon Offset Credits

Webinar 5: Assessing carbon emissions from forest degradation

Webinar 5: Assessing carbon emissions from forest degradation

Uploaded on August 14, 2017

Anatomy of a Breakthrough

Attribution of net carbon change by disturbance type across forest lands of the conterminous United States

Perbedann Comparison in INA

Winrock research featured by Mongabay

Winrock research featured by Mongabay

‘Can You Imagine This World Without Forests?’

How Do You Measure Carbon in a Forest?

Saving the Forests

Attribution of net carbon change by disturbance type across forest lands of the conterminous United States

Royal Recognition: Special Honor for Cambodia Project

2015 Annual Report

Saving Cambodia’s Ecosystem — One Click at a Time

Knitting The Future

Knitting The Future

Uploaded on July 11, 2016

Busted!

A Gold Miner in the Forest

Creating A Legal Basis for Community Co- Management of Wetlands

Pioneering Mangrove Valuation Research

Forecast Hopeful as Cambodia Safeguards Priority Forests

ACR Webinar: Carbon Market Opportunities for Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands

ACR Webinar: Carbon Market Opportunities for Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands

Uploaded on April 14, 2016

ACR Webinar: Emission Reduction Measurement & Monitoring Methodology for Reclaimed HFC Refrigerants

ACR Webinar: Emission Reduction Measurement & Monitoring Methodology for Reclaimed HFC Refrigerants

Uploaded on April 14, 2016

USAID LEAF Final Report

Preserving Guyana’s Remarkable Forests

parched earth deforestation

Blog: Climate Change Finance — Actions More Valuable Than Words

Blog: The Conference of the Parties in Paris — A Bird’s-Eye View

High Carbon Stock Consulting Study 3: Review of aboveground biomass estimation techniques

POME-CIRCLE Handbook

Winrock Plans Active Participation at Paris Climate Negotiations

China traffic

Winrock International Applauds China on Cap-and-Trade Leadership

Christiana Figueres

Former Winrock Board Member ‘The Woman Who Could Stop Climate Change’

People walking through forest

Report Provides Guidance to Decision-Makers Seeking to Finance Sustainable Land Use Activities

American Carbon Registry Presents Annual Awards to Celebrate Outstanding Environmental Achievements

Financing Innovations in Sustainable Landscapes

Pioneering Standards Support Ranchers While Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Winrock’s Kevin Brown Contributes to Sustainable Palm Oil Conversation and Debate

Sandra Brown received award

Sandra Brown Presented with USDA Forest Service Tropical Forest Conservation Award

Forest Carbon Monitoring System: Emission Factors and their Uncertainties, Version 2

woman tying bamboo

Gauging the impact of tropical forest logging: Winrock develops new method for quantifying carbon emissions

Ken Andrasko

Ken Andrasko Named Director of Winrock’s Ecosystem Services

Impact of Logging on Carbon Stocks of Tropical Forests: The Republic of Congo Case Study

Impact of Logging on Carbon Stocks of Forests: Chihuahua Mexico Case Study

John Kerry speaking near Mekong Delta

Remarks by US Secretary of State Kerry on Climate Change and the Environment

Benchmark Map of Forest Carbon Stocks in Tropical Regions Across Three Continents

Benchmark Map of Forest Carbon Stocks in Tropical Regions Across Three Continents

Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions

Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions

Baselines for Land-use Change in the Tropics-Application to Avoided Deforestation Projects

Baselines for Land-use Change in the Tropics: Application to Avoided Deforestation Projects

Estimation of Aboveground Carbon Stocks

Opportunities and Challenges for Offsetting Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Forests

Measurement Guidelines for the Sequestration of Forest Carbon

Measurement Guidelines for the Sequestration of Forest Carbon

Transaction Costs for Carbon Sequestration Projects in the Tropical Forest Sector

Cambodia REDD+ Roadmap

Cambodia REDD+ Roadmap: Development of a Reference Scenario and Design of a Monitoring System

Scoping of Opportunities and Institutional Assessment for Malawi’s Engagement in the Carbon Markets

Scoping of Opportunities and Institutional Assessment for Malawi’s Engagement in the Carbon Markets

Estimating Carbon Supply Curves from Afforestation of Agricultural Land in the Northeastern U.S.

Comparison of Registry Methodologies

Comparison of Different Registries and Methodologies for Reporting Carbon Credits for Afforestation Projects in the United States

Forest and Carbon Markets

Forest and Carbon Markets: Opportunities for Sustainable Development

Technical Guidance on Development of REDD+ Reference Level

Winrock Sample Plot Calculator Spreadsheet Tool

Winrock Sample Plot Calculator Spreadsheet Tool

Winrock BioCarbon Fund Sourcebook

Sourcebook for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry Projects

Winrock USAID Brazil Carbon Field Report

Carbon and Co-Benefits from Sustainable Land-Use Management. Deliverable 17: Impact of Logging on Carbon Stocks of Forests: The Brazilian Amazon as a Case Study

Opportunities for Improving Carbon Storage through Afforestation of Agricultural Lands

Emissions and Potential Emission Reductions from Hazardous Fuel Treatments in the WESTCARB Region

Opportunities for Improving Carbon Storage and Management on Forest Lands

Opportunities for Improving Carbon Storage and Management on Forest Lands

Comparison of Terrestrial Carbon Migitation Options in the Northeast USA

Comparison of Terrestrial Carbon Mitigation Options in the Northeast United States

Carbon Impacts from Selective Loggin of Forests in Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Carbon Impacts from Selective Logging of Forests in Berau District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

REDD+ Carbon Methodology Development-A Decade of Leadership by Winrock International

REDD+ Carbon Methodology Development: A Decade of Leadership by Winrock International

Measuring Leakage From Carbon Projects in Open Economies: A Stop Timber Harvesting Project in Bolivia as a Case Study

Tree Allometry and Improved Estimation of Carbon Stocks and Balance in Tropical Forests

Creating a Virtual Tropical Forest from Three-Dimensional Aerial Imagery: Application for Estimating Carbon Stocks

The Influence of Conversion of Forest Types on Carbon Sequestration and Other Ecosystem Services in the South Central United States

Guidebook for the Formulation of AR Projects Under the CDM

Identifying Optimal Areas for REDD Intervention: East Kalimantan, Indonesia as a Case Study

Land Use and Forests, Carbon Monitoring and Global Change

Use of Aerial Digital Imagery to Measure the Impact of Selective Logging on Carbon Stocks of Tropical Forest in the Republic of Congo

Estimating Biomass and Biomass Change of Tropical Forests: a Primer

Spatial Patterns Of Aboveground Production And Mortality Of Woody Biomass For Eastern US Forests

Spatial Patterns of Aboveground Production and Mortality of Woody Biomass for Eastern U.S. Forests

Issues And Challenges For Forest-Based Carbon-Offset Projects-A Case Study Of The Noel Kempff Climate Action Project In Bolivia

Issues and Challenges for Forest-Based Carbon-Offset Projects: A Case Study of the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project in Bolivia

Measuring Carbon in Forests: Current Status and Future Challenges

Estimating Baseline Carbon Emissions for the Eastern Panama Canal Watershed

Estimating Baseline Carbon Emissions for the Eastern Panama Canal Watershed

A Conceptual Framework and its Application for Addressing Leakage

Geographical Distribution of Biomass Carbon in Tropical Southeast Asian Forests: A Database

Ecosystem Services (Servicios de Ecosistemas)

American Carbon Registry Issues First California Registry Offset Credits

Green-e Climate Approves American Carbon Registry as Endorsed Offset Program

Great Lakes Protection Fund Supports Innovative Partnership to Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in Milwaukee River Watershed

Terrestrial Carbon Stock Calculator Tool

Tree Biomass Destructive Harvesting Calculation Tool

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HIDE LEGACY PROJECTS

ILRG Cocoa Bridge Phase

ART

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Bonn Challenge Barometer

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Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL)

Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD)

Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project (AgNRM)

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Guinea SMARTE

LESTARI

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Colombia Nested REDD+

- Legacy -
The Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil or Aliansi Sawit Lestari Indonesia (ASLI)

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Milwaukee River Pay-for-Performance Project

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Indonesia Carbon Monitoring System

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Cooling the Hotspots

American Carbon Registry

GHG Registry Agreements

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Smallholder Protocol for Peat

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Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF)

- Legacy -
Pica de Hule SA, Guatemala, Assessing Carbon

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Ontario Pay-for-Performance

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Malawi PERFORM

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Mata no Peito Brazil Forest Carbon Initiative

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HCS Allometric Equations

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EPA Stratus: Alternative Fuels and Climate Change (TO4)

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KKC Allometric Equation

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WB Liberia RL

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FUNAB WB Mozambique: Technical support for REDD+ Readiness

- Legacy -
Chile ER-Program Tech Assistance

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Guyana Forestry Commission Measurement Reporting and Verification (GFC: MRV II)

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Ghana: REDD+ Support

Enhancing Capacity to Reduce GHG Emissions from Peatlands and Palm Oil Production within a Jurisdictional Framework

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