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We're hiring - Postdoc in Leakage Impact of Forest Restoration

18 September 2023

We're seeking a passionate Post-doc Researcher to join our team here at Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits (4C) for a two-year project. Working with our partners at re.green, you'll play a key role in developing a remote sensing framework to measure leakage from forest restoration efforts in Brazil.

The 'why' of 4C: Prof Keshav on the power of trees

14 August 2023

Prof Keshav, one of the directors of 4C, has spent the past decade reducing the carbon cost of energy, buildings and transport. But that's only part of the puzzle: we still need to remove carbon from the atmosphere. In this video, Keshav explains how forestry and nature-based solutions are a 'two-for-one', supporting biodiversity as well as removing carbon from the air.

An overhead image of a forest with tree crowns circled to show individual trees and areas without trees.

Detectree2 - a new way to delineate individual tree crowns in tropical forests

23 May 2023

James Ball and colleagues have developed a computer vision method for delineating tree crowns in tropical forests from aerial RGB imagery, available as an open-source Python package.

First working paper for Tropical Moist Forest accreditation methodology now available

22 May 2023

This draft document now available on Cambridge Open Engage describes the methodology developed by 4C for estimating the number of credits to be issued to a project in the tropical moist forest (TMF) biome. It expands on the methodology outlined in the Cambridge Offset Working Group report , and forms the basis for how we...

A closeup image of an insect sitting on a leaf in a tropical forest.

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

5 May 2023

Carbon credits can be a valuable tool for climate change mitigation and forest conservation, but their success depends on improving their credibility. A letter to Science co-authored by 17 researchers from Cambridge and around the world.

Seeing trees in new ways: International Day of Forests

21 March 2023

A phone app to measure tree trunks; machine learning to fight forest fires; and putting Belfast’s trees on the map: our researchers are using new technologies to understand trees and forests in new ways. For UN International Day of Forests, we’re celebrating the work of early-career researchers in our team who are already making a real-world impact.

4C speaks on counterfactual methods and their use in the voluntary forest carbon market

14 March 2023

Tom Swinfield appeared last week on a moderated panel held by the Society for Conservation Biology to talk about 'Counterfactual methods and their use in the voluntary forest carbon market: past, present and future', and discuss the 4C methodologies we have been developing. The panel also featured Thales West (Vrije...

A butterfly sits on a leaf in a tropical rainforest setting.

Spotlight on Dr Alison Eyres: measuring impacts on biodiversity

15 December 2022

How can we measure biodiversity and compare it across conservation projects? And is it possible to judge biodiversity remotely? Dr Alison Eyres is helping 4C to develop a quantitative metric of the biodiversity impact of nature-based projects.

A Bayaka person prepares food by a fire in a forest clearing in the Central African Republic rainforest.

Spotlight on Dr Tom Swinfield: building trust and protecting livelihoods

28 November 2022

Why is it important to harness the power of nature-based solutions for carbon offsetting? And how can we promote forest conservation projects which respect the rights and livelihoods of people who live in forest communities?

A tropical rainforest, photographed from above, with mist and low light.

Spotlight on Prof Andrew Balmford: the value of nature-based solutions for carbon storage

8 November 2022

How can we evaluate the costs and benefits of conservation to guide decision making towards the best outcomes for nature conservation while meeting human needs? Read about Prof Andrew Balmford’s research, which is shaping discussions about how to best manage landscapes.

We're hiring - Postdoc in Leakage Impact of Forest Restoration

The 'why' of 4C: Prof Keshav on the power of trees

Detectree2 - a new way to delineate individual tree crowns in tropical forests

First working paper for Tropical Moist Forest accreditation methodology now available

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

Seeing trees in new ways: International Day of Forests

4C speaks on counterfactual methods and their use in the voluntary forest carbon market

Spotlight on Dr Alison Eyres: measuring impacts on biodiversity

Spotlight on Dr Tom Swinfield: building trust and protecting livelihoods

Spotlight on Prof Andrew Balmford: the value of nature-based solutions for carbon storage

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