Helping American Forests Help Underserved Landowners

Carbon Quantification and Development

Afforestation, Reforestation, and Regeneration

Spatial Informatics Group is partnering with American Forests to help them make resilient reforestation more affordable and accessible for underserved landowners. As part of a US Forest Service grant, SIG is contributing its carbon quantification and development expertise to help these landowners access carbon finance for their forest restoration projects.

Landowners Face Barriers to Reforestation

The majority of forestlands in the United States are held by private landowners and Native American tribes. Yet these landowners often encounter financial, cultural, and social barriers to reforestation.

American Forests Lends a Hand

In early 2024 American Forests, the oldest national conservation nonprofit in the United States, received a $12 million grant from the USDA Forest Service under the federal Inflation Reduction Act. The funds were earmarked to help tribes and underserved communities access financial and technical support for resilient reforestation.

SIG Provides Carbon Expertise

American Forests’ innovative approach is to help private landowners access emerging markets, including markets for carbon, clean water, and biodiversity. Revenues from these markets compensate forest owners for the ecological benefits of restoration.

American Forests turned to Spatial Informatics Group, a recognized leader in the emerging ecosystem services marketplaces, to implement the carbon quantification and project development that is essential to the success of this reforestation initiative.

Powerful Allies

SIG’s experts and open science platforms are powerful allies for landowners seeking to enter carbon and other ecosystem services markets, and together with American Forests we will support more than ten tribes and a thousand landowners seeking to restore forests damaged by deforestation and disasters like wildfire and disease.

Forest Carbon Offsets