Global team of foresters, scientists, technologists, experienced carbon market strategists, and creative communicators ready to help your project succeed
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High-Quality Projects with Flexibility
Focus on native, biodiverse restoration that creates community benefits
Opportunity to incorporate agroforestry and sustainable timber harvest
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Carbon Market Verification
Execute feasibility studies and Project Design Document (PDD)
Facilitate project verification with top-tier third-party verifiers
Connect projects to carbon credit buyers
OUTCOMES
Benefits for Forestry Teams
Software solutions and training for monitoring progress and identifying bottlenecks
A free feasibility study to assess your project's carbon potential
Networking with other forestry teams
Funding opportunities calibrated to each project's needs
Infrastructure and technology, including access to seed banks and nurseries
Project design document (PDD)
Design for long-term impact (40+ years) and community engagement
Support developing sustainable business models for multiple revenue streams (carbon credits, agroforestry, silvopasture, NTFP)
HOW IT WORKS
A quick eligibility check and you're on to the application.
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Review Accelerator criteria
Make sure your project is a good fit.
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Complete application
Our application takes about 90 minutes to complete.
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Submit application
Applications are reviewed frequently.
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Interviews and screening
If your project is a good candidate for a future Accelerator cohort, you’ll interview with a project lead and work with our forestry and carbon teams on a more thorough technical screening.
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Admission and launch
A project lead will update you on your application status and provide personalized feedback. If you’re accepted into a cohort, you’ll get ready to launch!
WHO's it for?
Criteria for Application
Our Accelerator is open to forest restoration teams around the globe. You might be a great fit if you have:
Shared values
Share our values of biodiversity and native ecosystem restoration
Land access
Have long-term access and rights to reforest at least 3,000 hectares of land in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, or the Philippines - or at least 15,000 hectares in other countries
Tropical or subtropical location
Our forestry accelerator is designed to support organizations focused on tropical or subtropical reforestation projects and communities only
An experienced team
Have proven experience in native ecosystem reforestation within a similar eco-region
Interest in carbon markets
Are interested in learning more about carbon market financing
Long-term planning
Are focused on restoring forests that last for generations (minimum 40 years) and benefit the environment and communities around those forests
Apply now to join an upcoming Seed to Carbon Forest Accelerator and unlock your community's potential.
“Terraformation is amazing at building capacity in complex restoration endeavors. We get the infrastructure and economic resources to sustain long-term transformation, and also such high-quality training and constant guidance that the project has no other alternative but to succeed.”
Olesya Solomina
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Co-Founder
Treetrio, Ukraine
“Thanks to the work with Terraformation, we’ve realized the first in-country biodiverse forest. Terraformation’s commitment and contribution have become crucial in creating jobs and supporting livelihoods of the community in these unprecedented times.”
Beau Milliken
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Co-Founder/Co-CEO
Kijani Forestry, Uganda
“Terraformation's technical guidance and capabilities have been instrumental in establishing a sustainable and dependable seed source for our growing business. Their guidance in hardware along with their software and training materials have helped us grow our seed capacity in both numbers and species.”
Chilekwa Kangwa
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CEO
Action for Nature, Zambia
"Terraformation has built the capacity of our team and has enabled the training of over 100 community members prioritizing youths and women. Terraformation's support, including their training in seed collection and nursery management, will ultimately enable vulnerable populations who suffer severe climate change effects.”