California Approves First Forestry Compliance Offset Project

California has approved the first forest carbon offset project under the cap-and-trade compliance forestry protocol. On April 9, 2014, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced approval of the first forest carbon offset project – the Yurok Tribe/Forest Carbon Partners CKGG Improved Forest Management Project – under California’s cap-and-trade forestry offset protocol.  CARB issued 836,619…