Preparing for the Carbon Market: Forestry Offsets

Our PNW Station and the WFCA will be cosponsoring a workshop on Carbon Markets and Forestry Offsets. This one day workshop has a suite of outstanding speakers who are highly knowledgeable on evolving issues related to forestry offsets. Mark your calendars for the March 5th date. We have some reduced rates available for family forest landowners.

Program

9:00AM
Overview of Current Carbon Markets: US and International — Steve Ruddell, Forest
Carbon Network Initiative, World Wildlife Fund – US, Washington, DC
9:30
Update on Western Climate Initiative and Understanding the Terms: Baseline, Leakage,
Additionality and Offsets — Adrian Miller, Washington Forest Protection Association,
Olympia, WA
10:15
Break
10:45
Questions to Ask Before Making the Sale: What Sellers Need to Ask Buyers — Alex Schay,
Carbon Solutions Northwest, Portland, OR
11:15
Different Routes to Market for Forest Carbon Projects — Wolfgang Ortloff, Equator LLC,
New York, NY
NOON
Lunch (Included with registration)
1:00
Measuring the Carbon Stored on Your Ownership — Matt Delaney, Delaney Forestry
Services, Lebanon, OR
1:45
Will This Deal Pencil Out? Economic Scenarios on Earning Money From Carbon Offsets
— Mark Rasmussen, Mason, Bruce and Girard, Portland, OR
2:45
Documenting Carbon Transactions from the Landowners’ Perspective — Greg Fullem and
Janna Aginsky, Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt, Portland, OR
3:15
Where are the State and Federal Policies on Forestry Offsets Headed? What is On the
Horizon? — Linc Cannon, Oregon Forest Industries Council, Salem, OR
3:45
Adjourn