A rain storm observed during the San Carlos Apache site visit in Arizona. PHOTO CREDIT: SERRA HOAGLAND
The IFMAT IV team analyzed tribal participation in carbon markets as posted in multiple carbon registries, including the Berkeley Carbon Project’s Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (University of California, Berkeley 2023). The team also reviewed published materials about tribal experiences in the carbon market and posed questions to forest program managers and other tribal officials in virtual and on-site visits. The team tried to answer some key questions: ■ How important is carbon market participation in the
overall forest management program and in advancing the values of forests for the tribe? ■ What are DOI/BIA’s policies about carbon markets and about carbon as a trust responsibility? What policies should be implemented to support the goal of state-of-the- art forestry? ■ What is the future of tribal involvement in carbon and other ecosystem service markets? ■ What needs to be done to help tribes prepare for this future?
Patterns in tribal participation in the California carbon market ■ Most of the participation by tribes so far has been in the California ARB (CARB) compliance program for improved forest management (IFM) project types, beginning in 2013. There has been little involvement in voluntary market carbon or ecosystem service payment arrangements but a growing interest from tribes and potential corporate investors is emerging. There are a few early examples of the kinds of voluntary market arrangements available to
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