RESTORATIVE FORESTRY
New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Projects
Carbon Project Development for Landowners, Communities, and Corporates
Carbon financed conservation and sustainable land management
Carbon Financed Restoration
Taxpayers and philanthropists can only fund a fraction of the conservation and restoration urgently needed to combat the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis.
With finance from the private sector we can meet the scale of this challenge. This is why Ekos works with carbon markets to build biodiverse, climate-resilient landscapes.
Our NZ Projects
How It Works
Eligibility
Is your project eligible to be registered as a carbon project?
Business Case
Detailed proposal to inform a decision to invest & proceed.
Business Plan
Detailed business plan and management plan fully costed.
Implement
The project becomes operational.
Step 1: Eligibility
Carbon credit programmes like the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) have rules dictating what land is eligible to register as a carbon project.
Carbon Credit Projects in the NZ ETS
Individual Landowners:
For Individual Landowners and Large Organisations:
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The VCM operates through international carbon standards like Plan Vivo, the Gold Standard, and the Verified Carbon Standard.
VCM projects certified to international standards involve an international validation and verification process that is much more strenuous than undertaking a project in the NZ ETS.
Step 2: Business Case
A project business case is a detailed proposal that includes an initial project design and key financial indicators such as projected carbon credit yield, capital expenditure, internal rate of return (IRR), and net present value (NPV). This information can inform a decision on whether to proceed with investing in a project.
Cumulative Carbon Credit Yield
IRR Analysis
Step 3: Project Business Plan
A Project Business Plan contains all of the detail for everything that needs to happen in the project. For reforestation projects this will include:
Land preparation plan
Planting plan
Post-planting management plan
Pest & weed control plan
Measurement, reporting and verification plan
Step 4: Implementation
We work closely with operational partners to get the project established in compliance with the Project Business Plan, and monitor the Project through time.
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