Department of Forestry Forest Carbon and Climate Program

All Projects and Research

• Advancing the interpretation and implementation of Climate-Smart Forestry

  In collaboration with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and American Forests, two grants have been awarded to the FCCP to advance carbon stewardship and climate-smart forestry practices in the Lakes States and Northwest U.S.

• Analyzing Safeguards for a Climate-smart Forest Economy (CSFE)

  The FCCP provided qualitative analysis of existing safeguards guidelines and implementation challenges as relevant to a climate-smart forest economy to support CSFEP in their development of potential “breakthrough initiatives.”

• Assessment of State-Level Capacity and Interest in Forest Carbon Data, Modeling, and Policy Linkages

  Project funded by USFS Region 9 aiming to 1) assess state capacity, interest, and needs for forest monitoring, modeling, data interpretation, and reporting in the Eastern Region; and 2) fill state-level knowledge gaps via knowledge transfer materials.

• Bosques + Gente (B+G): una colaboración que tiende puentes entre el desarrollo y la conservación en Perú

  ¿Bueno para los bosques, bueno para la gente? Condiciones para el éxito de las transferencias directas condicionadas (TDC) en Perú

• Bosques + Gente: A Peruvian collaboration bridging development and conservation

  Good for forests, good for people? Enabling conditions for scalable success for Peru’s Conditional Direct Transfers (TDC) program.

• Building Forest Carbon and Market Decision Capacity

  Increasing the adoption of climate-smart technologies and practices in forest systems, such as participation in voluntary markets, potentially provides a key financing mechanism to support sustainable forest management and climate mitigation activities.

• Climate Action and Reforestation in Northern Michigan

  Along with MDARD, Michigan DNR, Huron Pines, WRI and others, FCCP received a $5.3 million USDA Regional Conservation Partnership Program grant to partner with private landowners to increase forest cover across northern Michigan.

• Climate Adaptive Silviculture Pilot Demonstration Project

  Forests are rapidly changing from climate change. The future of sustainable forest management depends on integrating climate adaptation into planning. This pilot project will provide data and education to promote climate-informed management in Michigan.

• Determinants of Harvest Decision-Making among Non-Industrial Private Landowners

  To inform appropriate donor pool identification and tiers of anticipated carbon impact for FFCP, this project determines key determinants of harvest behavior (plot-level harvest likelihood and harvest intensity) on private lands in the Lake States and NE.

• E-learning module on Wildland Fire and Forest Carbon Management

  With funding from USDA NIFA, FCCP and partners are developing educational content on the interactions between wildland fire and forest carbon as climate change drastically alters fire regimes away from historical norms and baselines.

• Forest + Climate Visualization Partnership

  A collaboration between CAFRI at SUNY ESF and the FCCP has developed a partnership (FCVP), focused on creating engaging science-based media to effectively communicate the challenges, solutions, and interactions between forests and climate.

• Increasing Urban Forest Resilience to Emerald Ash Borer: A Case Study in Detroit, MI

  FCCP developed a white paper and a hyper-realistic urban tree visualization summarizing the impact of the Emerald Ash Borer in Detroit and discussed ways to reduce climate threats to urban forest maintenance in Detroit, Michigan.

• Natural and Working Lands and Forest Product Workgroup Recommendations to the Michigan Council on Climate Solutions

  FCCP Director, Lauren Cooper, served as Co-Chair to the Natural Working Lands and Forest Products Workgroup for the Michigan Council on Climate Solutions. The workgroup developed five recommendations for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

• Restoring Roots: Lansing Urban & Community Forestry Program

  Developing a robust, community-led investment in Lansing’s urban tree canopy through tree planting, community engagement, and workforce development.

• State and Tribal Forest Carbon Capacity Building Webinar and Workshop Series

  State agencies, tribal groups, and other municipal governments are increasingly incorporating carbon and climate into land management planning, necessitating increased training and education to inform these efforts.

• State-Level Forest and Forest Product Carbon Modeling

  The FCCP collaborated with American Forests, NIACS, the Canadian Forest Service, the U.S. Climate Alliance to model the effects of forest management on carbon sequestration and storage in collaboration with state and federal partners.

• Urban Forests, Carbon Storage, and a Changing Climate

  Initial activities funded by SFI, FCCP and partners developed and expanded upon existing work on urban forest issues in relation to carbon, climate change impacts and mitigation, along with associated municipal policies and environmental justice concerns.

• USDA NIFA Regional (2019-2022): A Regional Blended Learning Model to Understand Forest Carbon Management

  With funding from USDA NIFA, the FCCP and partners developed educational content on key forest carbon issues and practical management applications in three U.S. regions: PNW, NE, and SE. The intensive course is titled Forest Carbon & Climate Adaptation.

• World Bank Forest Investment Program – Case Study

  The Forest Carbon and Climate Program (FCCP) worked in partnership with the World Bank's Forest Investment Program (FIP) to develop and publish "A Case Study of the Forest Investment Program in Mexico."