Both points are valid, carbon will and can stay in the atmosphere for a long time. Also no one can guarantee the survival of trees in the future, any number of disasters both human and natural could lead to the destruction of planted trees. However, risks can be managed, and organisations will look to maintain their initiatives to the best of their ability going forward. Pressure from the public is slowly making governments identify more protected areas to try and maintain what they have left. So, whilst this is an issue on the public agenda, we believe there will be pressure from the public to ensure the success of such projects.
Our projects are not focussed on planting trees, currently rather we look to help sustain the current Rainforests, we also want a diverse portfolio, both in projects and geographically. This has been done intentionally to mitigate against both natural disasters and human made disasters, such as political instability. As mentioned, before it is important to use all the tools at your disposal contained in the toolbox, rather than just focussing on one to be the solution to all our problems.
We look to work with accredited projects through Gold Standard that independently verify the impact of the projects, or we work organisations and projects set up by the UN. Going forward with our own projects we look to have them independently verified by Gold Standard or another recognised body with credibility as an independent verifier. At Climate Wise we believe in reliability and credibility, to achieve this we need independent organisations to verify and guarantee the impact of the projects we support.