Successful Webinar on Carbon Certification Standards for Agroforestry Systems in Latin America

In December 2023, a webinar on carbon certification for agroforestry systems in the Brazilian Cerrado was organized by EcoSiPaS and conducted by our partner Sustainable AG, in the context of work package 5 (monetization of ecosystem services). The webinar was attended by around 30 people from Brazilian and German institutions. On this occasion, Dr. Rainer Nerger and Clara Larissa Wriesnegger offered detailed explanations on carbon sequestration and carbon standard certifications for agroforestry systems, aligned with an Excel tool to guide decision-makers in selecting adequate carbon calculation methods.

You can re-watch the webinar and learn more about carbon sequestration and certification in agroforestry systems. Overall, the first section provides a project overview; section 2 introduces relevant agroforestry systems and their characteristics; section 3 offers an overview of the methods for assessing carbon sequestration, including different methods for carbon calculations;  section 4 discusses carbon standard certifications and questions such as “What are carbon standards?” and “What makes carbon standards relevant?”; and section 5 offers an introduction to ecosystem services and the presentation of possible ways to monetize carbon, using different assessment methods and certification standards.